charm; amulet

Soldier's African bean amulet, consisting of dark brown bean (acorn-shaped), threaded through with what could be a piece of a wide shoelace.
label: [black board with white writing - faded writing] Large seed (from / Africa) carried by / a solider of the / Royal West Surreys. / 1916.
label: [black card with paper stuck to it with typed black writing] African bean, / carried as an / amulet by a / soldier in / the Royal West / Surrey Regiment, / 1916. / 19.103

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
19.103i
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 3 g; overall: 69 x 23 x 16 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
vegetal fibre; seed; cotton
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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