Tusk with thong attached on which are threaded snake vertebrae

Tusk with thong attached on which are threaded snake vertebrae

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Tusk with thong attached on which are threaded snake vertebrae
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Tusk with thong attached on which are threaded snake vertebrae, shells and nuts, possibly contained tobacco or some other substance in cavity protected by hide cap, from east Uganda, 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651644
Materials:
ivory, shell and nuts
type:
tusks