42 Pieces of paper inscribed with handwritten charms and cabbalistic

Made:
1801-1895
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Handwritten talisman (personal charm)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Handwritten talisman (personal charm)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Handwritten talisman (personal charm)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Handwritten talisman (personal charm)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

42 Pieces of paper inscribed with handwritten charms and cabbalistic, designs, amuletic, found by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during English Expedition, 1895, Ashanti, Ghana, 1801-1895

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666428
Materials:
paper
type:
amulets

Parts

Handwritten talisman, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1891-1900

Handwritten talisman, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1891-1900

Handwritten talisman (personal charm), found by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during English Expedition, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1890s

Measurements:
overall: 130 mm x 100 mm .002 kg
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A666428/2
type:
amulet
Handwritten talisman, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1891-1900

Handwritten talisman, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1891-1900

Handwritten talisman (personal charm), found by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during English Expedition, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1890s

Measurements:
overall: 150 mm x 80 mm .001 kg
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A666428/3
type:
amulet
Handwritten talisman, Ghana, 1890-1899

Handwritten talisman, Ghana, 1890-1899

Handwritten talisman (personal charm), found by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during English Expedition, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1890s

Measurements:
overall: 230 mm x 165 mm .002 kg
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A666428/4
type:
amulet