Leather Sebe

A leather charm/amulet, or sebe/sebbeh: the Mende and Temne name for charm/amulet. It consists of a pendant connected to six loops of plaited leather strands affixed to a cloth covered leather button. The pendant is made from horn, part of which is encased in crocodile skin. Alldridge's notes state that the sebbeh was worn by a Mende Chief.

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Further Information

• Type: Religious/ritual equipment, charms
• Object: Leather Sebe
• Materials: Leather, animal skin, Bone, ivory, tooth
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 380mm x 180mm x 60mm
• Production Date: Pre 1891
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Collector)
• Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
• Accession Number: BMAG:R3483/49

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