Stitched leather amulet case suspended from twisted leather thong

Made:: 1880-1910 in Sudan

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Stitched leather amulet case suspended from twisted leather thong, rectangular, supposedly containing a charm, Sudanese, 1880-1910

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658346

Materials:: leather

type:: amulet case

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Stitched leather amulet case suspended from twisted leather thong

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