Amuletic armlet
- Made:
- 1850-1920
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Amuletic armlet, comprising twisted leather thong threaded with 2 leather cases, worn above the elbow, used by the Mahdi of Sudan, Sudanese, 1850-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657574
- Materials:
- leather
- type:
- armlet
- credit:
- Gayer-Anderson, G.
