Black leather amulet case attached to a suspension sling in unusual fashion from centre of top edge

Black leather amulet case attached to a suspension sling in unusual fashion from centre of top edge

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Black leather amulet case attached to a suspension sling in unusual fashion from centre of top edge, twisted fibre sling, Sudanese, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658380
Materials:
leather and fibre, sling
Measurements:
length 9 mm
width 59 mm
thickness 16 mm
sling, doubled: length 840 mm
loop: length 60 mm
type:
amulet case
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)