Leather amuletic case

Made:
1871-1920 in Sudan
maker:
Unknown

Leather amuletic case, rectangular, sealed, looped at top for thong (missing), tooled with design on one surface, picked up on a battlefield, Dervish, Sudanese, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658295
Materials:
leather
Measurements:
length 75 mm
width 50 mm
thickness 13 mm
type:
amulet case
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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