amulet

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Object Type: amulet
Museum number: Af.5759
Description: Amulet consisting of two flat slips of bone (?) smeared brown, attached by brass wire to a hide thong.
Production date: 1869 (soon before)
Production place: Made in: Gabon
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Gabon, River
Materials: skin; bone (?); brass
Dimensions: Height: 10.50 centimetres; Width: 3.70 centimetres; Depth: 1 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: William Doherty Cutter
Acquisition date: 1869
Acquisition notes: See comment on Af.5715
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Af.5759
Additional IDs: CDMS number: Af1869C1.5759 (old CDMS no.); Miscellaneous number: Af1869C0922.341a

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