2 divinatory or fortune telling bones resembling ribs belonging to medicine man

Made:
1880-1920 in Zimbabwe
maker:
Shona people
2 divinatory or fortune telling bones resembling ribs belonging

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2 divinatory or fortune telling bones resembling ribs belonging
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2 divinatory or fortune telling bones resembling ribs belonging to medicine man, Mashona tribe, Southern Rhodesia, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658413
Materials:
bone
type:
divination-bone
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)