Necklace, medicine man's pair of animals claws joined at the wider ends to represent bullocks horn

Made:
1880-1930

Necklace, medicine man's pair of animals claws joined at the wider ends to represent bullocks horn, on beaded string, African (Central), 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658342
Materials:
claws, resinous concretion, string and glass, beads
Measurements:
doubled: length 238 mm
width 45 mm
type:
necklace and amulet

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