



Small tortoiseshell perforated at top for suspension, finge of threaded beads attached to rim at tail end each string ending in a triangular pendant, worn by women, Herero, Damaraland, South West Africa, 1880-1915
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657901
- Materials:
- tortoiseshell, beads, glass and string
- type:
- tortoiseshell
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)