Two copper wire amulets
- Made:
- 1880-1930
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Two copper wire amulets, pieces of wire bent double and twisted, Nigerian, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657908
- Materials:
- copper, wire
- Measurements:
-
length 57 mm
approx.: width 8 mm
wire: diameter 1 mm
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Jeffreys, M.D.W.
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