Part of amuletic necklace

Made:
1880-1920
Part of amuletic necklace, lion's teeth sewn into leather thong

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Part of amuletic necklace, lion's teeth sewn into leather thong
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Part of amuletic necklace, lion's teeth sewn into leather thong, rest is missing, supposed to have belonged to a chief famous as a hunter, East African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658332
Materials:
leather, tooth, lion and fibre
Measurements:
length 183 mm
tooth, max.: length 70 mm
tooth, max.: width 16 mm
thickness 15 mm
type:
necklace and amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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