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Object Number
21-28-50/B2829.2
Display Title
Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Medicine bundle, horn, fiber cork inserted into end, perforated with metal ring
Classification
- Medicine bundle
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Horn, Vegetable fiber, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 18.5 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm (7 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
21-28-50/B2829.2
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-28-50/B2829.1 | Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2828 | Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house |
Raw Material
Charm |
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2826 | Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house |
Charm
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2827 | Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house |
Charm
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2840 | Horn fetish |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2838 | Horn fetish |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 58-34-20/63525 | Monjas - New roof to E wing to protect cornice |
Chichen Itza
| ||
| 31-22-50/B5031 | Medicine horn (bwanga) |
Medicine bundle
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 21-28-50/B2839 | Horn fetish |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 35-50-50/1379 | Circular pads worn around legs to protect leg from leg bells - + |
Accessory
|
Tanganyika
| |
| 31-22-50/B5007 | Medicine bundle |
Medicine bundle
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 2003.1.657 | Medicine bundle, horn, perforated with metal rings & bells, fur & fiber cap |
Medicine bundle
Raw Material |
Africa
|