Medicine Bundle
37-22-220A
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 37-22-220A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sherbro |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
Section | African |
Materials | Fiber | Leaf |
Description | a: Twigs from a plum tree (gbal) and leaves of sagbe wrapped in matting and placed in a plantation. Causes the legs to swell; may also cause severe stomache ache. |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 166 - Collector Number |
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