Human mummified hand
- Made:
- 1880-1900 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Human mummified hand, skin of wrist used to create two horn-like straps for suspending round neck, powerful charm, taken from medicine man's neck after he was killed by Belgian troops, Congolese, 1880-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657983
- Materials:
- skin, human and bone, human
- type:
- human remains and mummified hand
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
