Amulet

Museum number:
5-7943
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Amulet; 3 small, flat rectangular leather boxes; incised designs front; connected 2 twisted leather straps forming loop; black and red dyed; width: across amulets 8.5 cm. Used as a charm.
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-7943, described as Amulet; 3 small, flat rectangular leather boxes; incised designs front; connected 2 twisted leather straps forming loop; black and red dyed; width: across amulets 8.5 cm. Used as a charm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-7943, described as Amulet; 3 small, flat rectangular leather boxes; incised designs front; connected 2 twisted leather straps forming loop; black and red dyed; width: across amulets 8.5 cm. Used as a charm.

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