Carved ivory head with large square hole running through base
- Made:
- 1871-1920
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Carved ivory head with large square hole running through base, amuletic but possibly also used as a pounder or grater, West African, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651043
- Materials:
- ivory
- type:
- amulet
