Medicine man's necklace

Made:
1890-1935 in South Africa
Medicine man's necklace, Kaffir, South African, 1890-1935

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Medicine man's necklace, Kaffir, South African, 1890-1935
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Medicine man's necklace, Kaffir, South African, 1890-1935

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657931
Materials:
thong, leather, beads, horn, wood, feather, skin, snake and instrument, metal
Measurements:
diameter 170 mm
bone, horn tube: length 130 mm
instument: length 195 mm
type:
necklace
credit:
Anderson, R.G.

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