amulet
- Museum number
- Af1972,01.4
- Description
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Amulet made of brass, cories, clay, and vegetable fibre, with a suspension loop.
- Dimensions
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Height: 15.50 centimetres
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Width: 3.70 centimetres
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Depth: 3.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Recorded as a 'power fetish' from the Kpelle tribe of Nzerekore, Guinea.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1972
- Acquisition notes
- Af1972,01.1 to 9 were purchased from Fade Mohamed Kaba, and are objects from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1972,01.4