Healing amulet (Henta)
- Made:
- 1880-1910 in Nicobar Islands
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Amuletic wooden board or "Henta", roughly circular, painted red and black with incised representations of human face on both sides for curing an attack of fever, Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652604
- Measurements:
-
overall: 29 mm x 440 mm x 330 mm, 1.687 kg
with horn: 440 mm
- type:
- amulet
