Charm

Museum number:
5-13012
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013012
Accession number:
Acc.3198
Description:
piece of incised ivory attached to a twine loop
Donor:
Jane Erickson
Collection place:
Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
Sierra Leone; Sherbro Mission; Sherbro attr.
Culture or time period:
Sherbro
Collection date:
1884
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-13012, described as piece of incised ivory attached to a twine loop
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-13012, described as piece of incised ivory attached to a twine loop

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