Turtle carapace pubic ornament
- Made:
- 1880-1930
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LicenseTurtle carapace pubic ornament
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Turtle carapace pubic ornament
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Turtle carapace pubic ornament, perforated at one end decorated with leather thong fringe, African, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658338
- Materials:
- carapace, turtle, leather, fringe and brass, wire
- Measurements:
-
length 83 mm
width 66 mm
height 42 mm
including fringe: length 355 mm
- type:
- turtle carapaces
