Eleven snakeskin amulet cases stitched to fibre cord necklace decorated with red cord beads
- Made:
- 1880-1910 in South Africa
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Eleven snakeskin amulet cases stitched to fibre cord necklace decorated with red cord beads, loop and button ends, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657849
- Materials:
- cord, snake, glass, beads and brass, button
- Measurements:
-
necklace, doubled: length 200 mm
case, max.: length 35 mm
case, max.: width 34 mm
case, max.: thickness 20 mm
- type:
- necklace