Four cowrie shells stuck to a glass display board from medicine man's collection of smallpox cures
- Made:
- 1890-1930
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Four cowrie shells stuck to a glass display board from medicine man's collection of smallpox cures, African, 1890-1930 see note
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658209
- Materials:
- cowrie
- type:
- amulet
