Rhinoceros horn bracelet
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Rhinoceros horn bracelet, annular, worn as a protection against fever, said to have been worn by Gao chief (Mali), yet production place is Nyasaland, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657867
- Materials:
- rhinoceros
- Measurements:
-
diameter 69 mm
thickness 10 mm
- type:
- bracelet - jewellery
- credit:
- Stanners, H.S.
