Belt, amuletic, made of snake vertebrae threaded on string with eight decorative beads

Made:
1890-1932
Belt, amuletic

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Belt, amuletic, made of snake vertebrae threaded on string with eight decorative beads, worn as an antidote against snake bite, Abeokutu, Southern Nigeria, 1890-1932

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657981
Materials:
vertebrae, snake, beads, stone and string
type:
belt
credit:
Sotheby's