Piece of tree root

Made:
1900-1930
Piece of tree root, vernacular Kulun'

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Piece of tree root, vernacular Kulun'
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Piece of tree root, vernacular "Kulun", used to obtain eloquence against an adversary before a judge, Somaliland(?), 1900-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658422
Materials:
wood, root
type:
amulet
credit:
Powell-Cotton