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Medicine man's outfit containing 2 seed pods covered with snake skin; bones; bee
Medicine man's outfit containing 2 seed pods covered with snake skin; bones; bee
Object Number 65-46-50/10849
Display Title Medicine man's outfit containing 2 seed pods covered with snake skin; bones; bee
Descriptions
Object Description Medicine man's outfit containing 2 seed pods covered with snake skin; bones; beetle; animal foot; bird claw; corn cob; seeds; piece of cloth filled with medicine, etc.
Inventory Description Assemblege of a variey of objects, shell, horn, wood, animal bones, fiber rope,
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ovimbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Angloa; Chileso
Materials Bone, Animal hoof, Shell, Snakeskin, Honeycomb, Cotton, Wood, Seed, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 7.7 x 1.7 x 2.2 cm (3 1/16 x 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 30+
Label on object 65-46-50/10849

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