Bat tooth ornament

This delicate ornament is made from bat teeth and was probably once worn around the arm or neck.

Bats are often linked with ghosts and supernaturals, who lure people away from the maloca (house) at night and change them into spirits or animals.

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• The collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lex Gielgud

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