Amulet
Unidentified maker (Sudan)
collected in the 1930s
Sulfur and leather
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Wedgwood Bowen
40.7.7103
Geography
Place Made: Omdurman, Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Amulet
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by W. Wedgwood Bowen (1899-1987), Director of the Dartmouth College Museum, probably in the 1930's; given to present collection, 1940.
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