Amulet in form of cylinder of sulphur wrapped in hide tube
- Made:
- 1900-1910
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Amulet in form of cylinder of sulphur wrapped in hide tube
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Amulet in form of cylinder of sulphur wrapped in hide tube, suspended from two thongs, piece of light wood also attached, African, 1900-1940
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657926
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 516 mm
sulphur tube: length 41 mm
sulphur tube: diameter 16 mm
wood block: length 53 mm
wood block: diameter 21 mm
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Church Missionary Society
