Amuletic stick with thinner twig as part of stick

Made:
1890-1903 in Somalia
Amuletic stick with thinner twig as part of stick

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Amuletic stick with thinner twig as part of stick
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Amuletic stick with thinner twig as part of stick, native name "Osman Doy", against most ills, Wagosha (Mahawar tribe), Sabatuni, Somaliland, Somalia1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658423
Materials:
wood
type:
protective amulets
credit:
Powell-Cotton