M0019363EA: Amulet for warding off the evils of war and sickness, Southern Nigeria

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Amulet 'for warding off the evils of war and sickness'.

Photograph of an amulet in the form of a closely knit string bag with a carrying loop. According to the accession index card it would be carried by a traditionla healer and held up to the heavens to invoke spirits and protect against war and sickness. From the Yoruba people, Southern Nigeria. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1962 and given accession number A301733. Related images: M0019363EB

February 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: A301733

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.

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