Medicine
37-22-304A
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bawngge
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 37-22-304A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sherbro | Bolom |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bawngge |
Section | African |
Materials | Leaf | Nuts |
Iconography | Trespasser Curse |
Description | 3 palm nuts (pal sun) are pierced, hung by a string to a stick in a plantation. Trespasser gets severe headache. If cause not recognized in time, patient goes mad. |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 245 - Collector Number |
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