Written charm contained in one cylindrical and one oblong brown leather case with very long eight strand sling

Made:: 1880-1935 in Sudan

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Written charm contained in one cylindrical and one oblong brown leather case with very long eight strand sling, Sudanese, 1880-1935

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658257

Materials:: leather

type:: charm - spell

credit:: Anderson, R.G.

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Written charm contained in one cylindrical and one oblong brown leather case with very long eight strand sling

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