Leather covered amulet case with cloth lining flap at front

Made:
1880-1920 in Sudan
Leather covered amulet case with cloth lining flap at front

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Leather covered amulet case with cloth lining flap at front
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Leather covered amulet case with cloth lining flap at front, empty, suspended from plaited leather sling, tooled design, worn by men, Hadendowa tribes, maker, Sudan, Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658256
Materials:
cardboard and leather
Measurements:
length 105 mm
width 87 mm
depth mm
suspended: length 600 mm
type:
amulet case

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