Fetish Tusk
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Aug 1900
name: label: Collector
content: Richard L. Garner
label: Donor Name
content: Richard L. Garner
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Small hollow tusk of elephant, pierced at both ends with holes for the insertion of chains of trade brass. Cavity said to contain materials constituting the most potent fetish, and closed by pith and tin much corroded. Garner: "This fetish if the most potent known among the tribes of Central Africa. The cavity of this tusk is said to contain human flesh, a wisp of hair of a white man, snakes' teeth and poison, a part of a leopards claw, etc., and it is supposed to be a infallible charm against the dangers of the forest because the wearer is supposed to possess or be in alliance with the strength of the elephant, the ferocity of the leopard, the stealth and venom of the snake, and the sagacity of the white man with his gun powder and savvy, and no creature in the forest would dare to come in contact with such a foe. This chain is of trade brass. Contains poison.""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gabon River, Gabon, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fang
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 036893
label: USNM Number
content: E206111-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Charm
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 33.66 cm