Medicine

37-22-222B

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-222B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Leaf
Description

b: Leaves of bok tampel are ground and rubbed on the parts affected. Leaves of nowa (cotton plant) warmed over a fire and placed on the affected parts.

Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 205 - Collector Number

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