Object name: Charm / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Materials: Leather

Start Over Object name Charm Collection place British West Africa (historic) Materials Leather

Museum number:: 5-13003
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Charms
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: E. C. Lemmon and R. West
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

Museum number:: 5-10191
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Charms
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 88 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1944

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