Piece of root said to have the power of preventing detection of theft

Made:
1890-1905 in Tembuland
Piece of root said to have the power of preventing detection of

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Piece of root said to have the power of preventing detection of theft, Kaffir tribe, Tembuland, South Africa, 1890-1905

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A667087
Materials:
wood
type:
roots
credit:
Cassidy, C.G.