Amuletic necklace of bones and shell
- Made:
- 1880-1930 in Andaman and Nicobar
- maker:
- Andamanese people
Necklace, amulet, of human vertebrae, shell threaded on lengths of cord covered with a red pigment, Andaman Islands, India,1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A174673
- Materials:
- vertebrae, human, shell, cord and cloth
- type:
- human remains and necklaces
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
