Case, leather, rectangular

Made:: 1880-1920 in Sudan

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Case, leather, rectangular, containing mirror and possibly extracts from the Koran, on sling of many strands, Sudanese, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658282

Materials:: leather, glass, mirror and paper, ? material

type:: amulet case

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Case, leather, rectangular

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