Mammalian skin medicine man's bag
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Mammalian skin medicine man's bag, whole animal gutted and made into bag, back feet tranformed into handle, light yellow fur attached to skin, East Africa, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656765
- Materials:
- skin, mammalian and fur
- type:
- medicine man's outfits
Parts
Blue and clear glass bead necklace with cowrie shell and two bone beads threaded onto thong
Blue and clear glass bead necklace with cowrie shell and two bone beads threaded onto thong
- Materials:
- glass , leather, thong , cowrie and bone, bead
- Object Number:
- A656765 Pt2
- type:
- necklaces
Two horns, one with metal bell attached
Two horns, one with metal bell attached, a wooden peg, a dried fruit and a leather sachet perforated and threaded through leather thong
- Materials:
- horn , wood , cowrie , fruits, dried and iron, bell
- Object Number:
- A656765 Pt3
- type:
- amulets
Amuletic necklace
Amuletic necklace, cowrie shells, dried fruits and a leather case threaded onto cord
- Materials:
- cord , cowrie , fruits, dried , leather, case and wood
- Object Number:
- A656765 Pt5
- type:
- necklaces
Small birds' head
Small birds' head, dried, sharp downward pointing beak
Three wooden pegs
Three wooden pegs, cylindrical, all hollowed
- Object Number:
- A656765 Pt8
- type:
- pegs
Piece of animal bone
Piece of animal bone
Metal plate
Metal plate, possibly belonging to a gun, rusty
