Part of medicine man's equipment

Made:: 1880-1928

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Part of medicine man's equipment, material for making charms
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Part of medicine man's equipment, material for making charms, from near Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia, 1880-1928

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A657945

Materials:: wood, snake skin, hide, fur, string, grass and beans

type:: medicine man equipment

credit:: Clarke, S.

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Part of medicine man's equipment

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