Stitched leather girdle with button and loop clasp

Stitched leather girdle with button and loop clasp

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Stitched leather girdle with button and loop clasp
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Stitched leather girdle with button and loop clasp, attached is a small leather quiver with pointed wooden instrument, amuletic, Gabon, 1871-1925

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658260
Materials:
leather, cloth, amulet, leather and amulet, feather
Measurements:
doubled: length 380 mm
amulet: length 82 mm
amulet: width 15 mm
girdle, cross-section: diameter 6 mm
type:
girdle - belt
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)