Five Amulets
Unidentified maker (Sierra Leone)
1970
Probably copper, brass, and iron
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.30.25043
Geography
Place Made: Freetown, Sierra Leone, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Amulet
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased by Stewart G. Rosenblum, Class of 1970, for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.
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