Small segments of iris root threadbare on llama wool
- Made:
- 1871-1882
Small segments of iris root threadbare on llama wool, worn by Bolivian Indian against ill luck, poisons etc., imported from Florence, Italian(?), 1871-1882
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A666089
- Materials:
- wood and wool (llama)
- type:
- necklace