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LicenseAmulet, animal's paw attached to hide thong
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Amulet, animal's paw attached to hide thong, decorated with coloured glass beads at intervals, Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658289
- Materials:
- leather, paw, animals and glass
- Measurements:
-
doubled: length 292 mm
paw: length 36 mm
band: width 8 mm
- type:
- pawsamulets
- credit:
- Christol, F.