Switch made from elephant hair

PART OF:
Medicine man's equipment
Elephant hair switch

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Elephant hair switch
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Elephant hair switch, roots covered by stitched mud covered cloth bag

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658210 Pt1
Materials:
hair (elephant) and cloth
Measurements:
overall: 570 mm x 45 mm
type:
switches
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust