Cloth breast pendant

Made:: 1871-1920

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Cloth breast pendant, triangular
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Cloth breast pendant, triangular, circular projection in centre surrounded by cowrie shells, amuletic content, suspended from leather thong, North Africa, 1871-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658353

Materials:: cloth, leather and cowrie

type:: pendantsamulets

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Cloth breast pendant

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