Round piece of camwood

Made:
1890-1909
Round piece of camwood, carved, with flat base

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Round piece of camwood, carved, with flat base
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Round piece of camwood, carved, with flat base, used for making red paste to tint scalps, said to have come from British Central Africa, 1890-1909

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A69517
Materials:
wood
type:
camwood - plant material
credit:
Wenyon, C.M.