Leather Sebe

A leather charm/amulet, or sebe/sebbeh: the Mende and Temne name for charm/amulet. It has been made out of a piece of brown leather, sewn into a tube. The ends have been bound in white leather.

Further Information

  • Type: Religious/ritual equipment, charms
  • Object: Leather Sebe
  • Materials: Leather, animal skin
  • Culture Group: Other
  • Dimensions: 850mm [L] x 20mm [W] x 20mm [C]
  • Production Date: Pre 1949
  • Associated Places: Unknown
  • Associated People: M. Ackroyd
  • Museum: British Museum
  • Accession Number: BM:Af.1949.1.1

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