Plaited leather necklace

Plaited leather necklace, button at either end

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Plaited leather necklace, button at either end
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Plaited leather necklace, button at either end, two leather amulet cases attached, cone-shaped, Fulani tribe, West Africa, 1860-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658278
Materials:
leather
Measurements:
length 475 mm
case, max.: diameter 45 mm
case, min.: diameter 25 mm
case, max.: width 23 mm
case, min.: width 18 mm
type:
necklet
credit:
Sotheby's