Medicine man's effigy or doll

Medicine man's effigy or doll, large grass figure in woven fibre costume, leather face, used in rituals, on oblong stone base, Northern Rhodesia, 1890-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A9935
Materials:
straw, fibre, leather, cloth, wood and base, stone
type:
effigy
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)