Band of elephant hair with cowrie shell attached
- Made:
- 1880-1925
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Band of elephant hair with cowrie shell attached, according to R card, the natives wear it hung round the neck as a remedy or preservative, Northern Rhodesia, 1880-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657887
- Materials:
- shell, cowrie and hair, elephant
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Clarke, S.
