Belt of leather plaited and strung with seven charms or amulets consisting of small leather packages and sealed calabash/gourd containers wrapped in twine: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin, 19th century
WEST AFRICA. SOUTHERN NIGERIA. BENIN. MISCELLANEOUS. FETISH WITCH CHARM consisting of leather oblong cases, three small gourds, a kind of fruit wrapped in twine, and a bracelet of leather strung together on shoulder cord of plaited leather. Benin, Midwestern State, Southern Nigeria.