Leather amulet case

Leather amulet case

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Leather amulet case, large square satchel, sealed up solid, containing a talisman, faint tooled decoration, attached to multi-strand thong, found at Omdurman, Sudanese, 1880-1898

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658363
Materials:
leather
Measurements:
length 124 mm
width 119 mm
thickness 24 mm
sling, doubled, approx: length 300 mm
type:
amulet case
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)