Amuletic necklace

Made:: 1890-1925 in South Africa

Amuletic necklace
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Amuletic necklace, triple stranded bead necklace consisting of tiny light and dark blue glass beads interspersed by monkey teeth, Zulu tribe(?), South African, 1890-1925

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A657890

Materials:: beads, glass, string and teeth, monkey

Measurements:: doubled: length 162 mm
tooth, max.: length 30 mm
tooth, max.: width 6 mm

type:: necklace and amulet

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Amuletic necklace

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