Complete shell of tortoise

Made:
1880-1925
Complete shell of tortoise

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Complete shell of tortoise
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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.