Medicine man's plaited fibre bag, with long fringe and gourd container. Wakavirando, East Africa

Made:
1880-1920 in Africa

Plaited fibre bag, with long fringe, medicine man's, Wakavirando, East Africa, 1880-1920, contains gourd container

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A34200
Materials:
fibre
Measurements:
length 285 mm
approx: width 155 mm
plus fringe, approx: length 480 mm
type:
bags
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Gourd container with wooden stopper

Gourd container with wooden stopper

Gourd container with wooden stopper, Wakavirondo, East Africa, 1880-1920

Measurements:
including stopper: height 115 mm
base: diameter 65 mm
Materials:
gourd
Object Number:
A34200 Pt1
type:
container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Medicine man's plaited fibre bag

Medicine man's plaited fibre bag

Plaited fibre bag, with long fringe, medicine man's, Wakavirando, East Africa, 1880-1920

Measurements:
length 285 mm
approx: width 155 mm
plus fringe, approx: length 480 mm
Materials:
fibre
Object Number:
A34200 Pt2
type:
container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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