Belt, amuletic, made of snake vertebrae threaded on string with eight decorative beads
- Made:
- 1890-1932
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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
