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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1935.137.8 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name charm Description Triangular pouch of cloth with charms sewn within, ornamental red and white beads in a circle and with a white stone sewn at the centre. There are three cowrie shells sewn around edge. Strip of blue cloth attached as belt. No 7. of a series of charm-related items. According to the Extensions register, this item, was part of a series of 12 items that were 'the stock in trade of a ju-ju man in South Nigeria'. They may be the article within the 1934 loan list, within Section D, from the 'Efik tribe, Calabar, Cross River' (number 57) as the terminology used in the article is similar 'A fortune-teller's stock-in-trade'. Production place Southern Nigeria, Africa Production date 1901-01-01 - 1917-01-01 Material cotton, cowrie shell, stone, glass Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1935.137.8
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

charm
Description

Triangular pouch of cloth with charms sewn within, ornamental red and white beads in a circle and with a white stone sewn at the centre. There are three cowrie shells sewn around edge. Strip of blue cloth attached as belt. No 7. of a series of charm-related items. According to the Extensions register, this item, was part of a series of 12 items that were 'the stock in trade of a ju-ju man in South Nigeria'. They may be the article within the 1934 loan list, within Section D, from the 'Efik tribe, Calabar, Cross River' (number 57) as the terminology used in the article is similar 'A fortune-teller's stock-in-trade'.
Production place

Southern Nigeria, Africa
Production date

1901-01-01 - 1917-01-01
Material

cotton, cowrie shell, stone, glass

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