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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