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Leather container covered entirely with cowrie shells, Nigeria, 1850-1920

1851-1920

Medicine man's leather amulet and iron rattle

1880-1910

Four cowrie shells stuck to a glass display board from medicine man's collection of smallpox cures

1890-1930

Amulet of the god Eshu

1880-1900

Antelope horn (?) amulet partially wrapped in clot

1890-1920

Amuletic horn bound with fibre and ornamented with cowrie shells

1890-1930

Antelope horn

1890-1930

Cowrie shell snuff box with brass mount and hinged lid

1851-1900

Horn bandalier stiched all over with buttons and cowrie shells which are sewn on to cloth covering

1890-1930

Cowrie shell necklace

1860-1920

Carved wooden effigy or Ibedji, typical Yoriba sta

1871-1910

L-shaped resenious concretion with single white cowrie shell embedded in base

1880-1930

Animal skin headdress

1880-1905

Cloth headdress resembling a tea-cosy

1880-1900

Carved wooden figure of Eshu(?), Yoruba, maker, So

1890-1935

Cloth breast pendant

1871-1920

Bracelet with tassels and shells

1801-1900

Amuletic bundles comprised of birds claws

1890-1930

Plaited leather girdle with leather fringe

1880-1920

Monkey-skin bag used by healers, Africa, 1880-1930

1880-1930

Cowrie shell necklace string on plaited cotton

1860-1920

Iron ring on which are threaded 10 cone shaped pegs and one wooden sitck coiled with cord

1871-1920

Soft cotton and cloth headdress

1880-1900

Headdress resembling an old naval officers cap

1880-1900

Carved wooden effigy of Ibeji(?), the Goddess of T

1890-1930

Necklace, possibly amuletic

1880-1930

Solid cloth covered amulet

1880-1910

Cowrie shell snuff box

1851-1900

Medicine man's broom

1880-1930

Ostrich egg bound with red and black leather strips

1890-1925

Magical bundle called "kubil" (kill sixty) composed by several small gourds

1888-1925

Amulet made from strands of cowrie shell threaded on leather with pendant beans

1851-1900

Medicine man's leather thong necklace strung cowrie shells and wooden pendants

1880-1930

Cowrie shell snuff box

1727-1760

Amulet, possibly necklace now broken, consisting of cowrie shells and glass beads, threaded on plaited leather thong, African, 1880-1930

Cowrie shell amulet

1880-1930

Magical remedy or "Bundi dia Mobibi", bundle of brown cloth with tassels from top of which protrude black feathers, part of animal jaw, cowrie shell and other small items are loose but belong to bundle, native cure for ague, Portuguese Congo, 1871-1920

Magical remedy or "Bundi dia Mobibi"

1871-1920

Belt, possibly amuletic made of snake vertebrae threaded on stiff grass, partly covered in red cloth, Zulu, South African, 1890-1930

Belt, possibly amuletic made of snake vertebrae threaded on stiff grass

1890-1930

Ceremonial staff made from the upper arm bone of a human, covered in gauze, decorated with conice shells, amuletic, smallpox ju-ju, Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1851-1900

Ceremonial staff made from the upper arm bone of a human

1851-1900

Witch doctors headdress, Central East African, 1870-1920

Witch doctors headdress

1870-1920

Hat, Sudanese, 1870-1907

Hat, Sudanese, 1870-1907

1870-1907

Earthenware bowl, partly filled with earth in which are embedded an animal's skull, gourd container, sticks, and shells to protect animals against sickness, Togoland, West Africa, 1880-1920

Earthenware bowl

1880-1920