Charm
- Museum number:
- 5-7014
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050007014
- Alternate number:
- 126 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2155
- Description:
- Charm; braided circle of dyed red twine with dung sewn on; dia. 10 cm. Worn around the arm by both sexes to protect them from witchcraft
- Donor:
- Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Ukambani, Kenya
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa; Kenya; Ukambani; Kamba (Murdock...44:2)
- Culture or time period:
- Kamba
- Collector:
- Ronald J. Clarke
- Collection date:
- 1965
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Charms
- 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)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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