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
- Measurements:
-
length 725 mm
width 180 mm
- 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
- Measurements:
-
doubled: length 375 mm
bead: diameter 11 mm
- 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
- Measurements:
-
thong: length 370 mm
horn, max.: length 80 mm
horn, max.: diameter 35 mm
- 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
- Measurements:
-
doubled: length 280 mm
approx.: width 25 mm
- 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
- Measurements:
-
height 28 mm
length 60 mm
width 28 mm
- Materials:
- bone and skin, bird
- Object Number:
- A656765 Pt7
- type:
- bird heads
Three wooden pegs
Three wooden pegs, cylindrical, all hollowed
- Measurements:
-
max.: length 72 mm
min.: length 65 mm
diameter 15 mm
- Object Number:
- A656765 Pt8
- type:
- pegs
Piece of animal bone
Piece of animal bone
- Measurements:
-
length 113 mm
width 46 mm
depth 31 mm
- Materials:
- bone, animal
- Object Number:
- A656765 Pt10
- type:
- bones
Four stitched cloth amulet cases strung together on cord
Four stitched cloth amulet cases strung together on cord, 3 are square, the other one has amorphous shape
Metal plate
Metal plate, possibly belonging to a gun, rusty
- Measurements:
-
length 95 mm
width 20 mm
thickness 4 mm
- Materials:
- tin, ? material
- Object Number:
- A656765 Pt18
- type:
- plates
