Wooden divination plaque

Wooden divination plaque

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Wooden divination plaque
Science Museum Group
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Wooden divination plaque, elliptical in cross-section with pointed ends, hexagons carved in a double row on one side, Mashona tribe(?) Southern Rhodesia, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A35207
Materials:
wood
type:
divination-tablet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)