Rhinoceros horn bracelet

Rhinoceros horn bracelet, annular

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Rhinoceros horn bracelet, annular
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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

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657867
Materials:
rhinoceros
type:
bracelet - jewellery
credit:
Stanners, H.S.