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LicenseSmall tortoiseshell, said to be amulet case
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small tortoiseshell, said to be amulet case
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small tortoiseshell, said to be amulet case
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small tortoiseshell, said to be amulet case, leather thong at top for suspension, decorated with bead, fringe around bottom rim, Herero tribe, Damaraland, South West Africa, 1880-1915
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657900
- Materials:
- tortoiseshell and beads, glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 136 mm
shell: length 66 mm
shell: width 54 mm
shell: height 37 mm
- type:
- tortoiseshell
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
