Bundle of sticks covered in red cotton cloth and bound with string and splints of wood

Made:
1880-1920 in Sudan
Bundle of sticks covered in red cotton cloth and bound with string and splints of wood

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Bundle of sticks covered in red cotton cloth and bound with string and splints of wood, black horn attached, part of medicine man's remedial equipment, Sudanese, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A160528
Materials:
wood, cloth, string, cane, horn and fibre
type:
medicine man equipment
credit:
Sothebys

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