Medicine man's amulet or "medicine"

Made:
1880-1930 in Lesotho
Medicine man's amulet or medicine', vertebrae, hooves

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Medicine man's amulet or medicine', vertebrae, hooves
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Medicine man's amulet or "medicine", vertebrae, hooves, pieces of carved stick, one domino block, Basuto tribe, Basutoland, South Africa, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658240
Materials:
vertebrae, hooves, wood, ivory and leather, sling
type:
amulet
credit:
Christol, F.