Medicine Bundle

37-22-243

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-243
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Leaf
Description

Ashes of semoleng leaves mixed with palm oil and rubbed on any swelling to reduce it.

Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 221 - Collector Number | 162 - Other Number

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