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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