- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, square pouch of leather with string of twisted leather strips. [El.B 16/07/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Fulani
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Stitched, Process Twisted, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Width: max 116 mm, Length: max 695 mm with string, Length: max 109 mm pouch
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2199 Other numbers: 4382 A 301812
Search terms: Religion, Amulet, Religious Object
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