M0018770: Ring of plaited fibre with two horns and three small wooden figures inserted, Africa

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Amulet, ring of plaited fibre..., Belgian Congo.

Photograph of a ring of plaited fibre. It originates from what was at the time the Belgian Congo and was purchased at auction in the United Kingdom by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1939 (accession number R299/1939). It was removed from the Museum's holdings in 1965

August 1961

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R299/1939

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.