Medicine man's equipment

Medicine man's equipment

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Medicine man's equipment
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Medicine man's equipment, two horns and bamboo container strung on chains, from Nyasaland, African, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657944
Materials:
horn, bamboo, straw and metal, chain
Measurements:
bamboo: length 124 mm
bamboo: diameter 23 mm
bamboo: length 120 mm
horn, max: diameter 41 mm
type:
medicine man equipment