Amulet

Museum number:
5-7942
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007942
Alternate number:
15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Amulet; leather sewn over grass core with bulging center section; tied in loop; red/brown dyed; diameter: 16 cm.
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
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-7942, described as Amulet; leather sewn over grass core with bulging center section; tied in loop; red/brown dyed; diameter: 16 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-7942, described as Amulet; leather sewn over grass core with bulging center section; tied in loop; red/brown dyed; diameter: 16 cm.

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