Leather necklet stuffed with cloth ?, stitched lea

Made:
1871-1920
Leather necklet stuffed with cloth ?

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Leather necklet stuffed with cloth ?
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Leather necklet stuffed with cloth ?, stitched leather amulet case suspended from necklet, West African(?), 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658237
Materials:
leather
Measurements:
necklet: diameter 140 mm
necklet, cross-section: diameter 11 mm
case: length 63 mm
case: width 42 mm
case: thickness 17 mm
type:
necklet

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