Collection

Amuletic necklace of bones

Made:: 1880-1910 in Andaman and Nicobar

maker:: Andamanese people

Necklace of human bones covered with red ochre, amuletic, from Andaman Islands, India, 1880-1910

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A656104

Materials:: bone and fibre

type:: human remains and necklaces

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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