Complete shell of tortoise
- Made:
- 1880-1925
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Complete shell of tortoise, used by witch doctors as medicine for cows, from Basutoland, South Africa, 1880-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A126753
- Materials:
- shell, tortoise
- type:
- tortoise-shells
- credit:
- Christol, F.
