Amuletic bracelet or wristlet, eight wooden imitatation teeth
- Made:
- 1890-1930 in South Africa
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Amuletic bracelet or wristlet, eight wooden imitation teeth strung on leather thong, said to belong to witch doctor, Zulu, South Africa, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657922
- Materials:
- wood, teeth and leather, hide
- type:
- bracelet - jewelry
- credit:
- Glendining
