Medicine man's belt comprising snake vertebrae threaded onto string

Made:
1880-1920
Medicine man's belt comprising snake vertebrae threaded onto

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Medicine man's belt comprising snake vertebrae threaded onto
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Medicine man's belt comprising snake vertebrae threaded onto string, with leather thongs decorated with cowries for tying, small amulet case attached, West Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A222279
Materials:
bone, leather, shell and fibre
type:
belt