Collection

Medicine man's equipment, consisting of five gourd containers, two large seashells, two gazelle skull bones, bone from an animal's leg, a little copper phial and a bottle, Bondei tribe, Tanzania, 1871-1903

Made:
1871-1903 in Tanzania

Medicine man's equipment, consisting of five gourd containers, two large seashells, two gazelle skull bones, bone from an animal's leg, a little copper phial and a bottle, Bondei tribe, Tanzania, 1871-1903

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657301
Materials:
bone, shell, copper (metal), gourd and glass
type:
medicine man's outfits

Parts

Container, gourd, double headed, for holding medicine

Container, gourd, double headed, for holding medicine

Gourd container double headed, spherical with globular neck, long wooden stopper, for holding medicine, brownish-orange

Materials:
gourd and stopper, wood
Object Number:
A657301 Pt1
type:
container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Container, gourd, sealed with string and cloth

Container, gourd, sealed with string and cloth

Gourd container, double headed, cauldron shaped, wide neck, neck bound with piece of string and cloth, orange-brown

Materials:
gourd , string and cloth
Object Number:
A657301 Pt2
type:
container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Container, balloon shaped body, long tubular neck

Container, balloon shaped body, long tubular neck

Gourd container, small balloon shaped body, long tubular neck, bulbous at top, beige

Materials:
gourd
Object Number:
A657301 Pt3
type:
container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Container, double headed gourd, wooden stopper

Container, double headed gourd, wooden stopper

Double headed gourd container with large wooden stopper, hide collar round neck, contains sooty substance, dark brown

Materials:
gourd , collar, hide and stopper, wood
Object Number:
A657301 Pt4
type:
container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Containers, gourd, wooden stopper, neck collar

Containers, gourd, wooden stopper, neck collar

Gourd containers, bottle shaped, hide collar round neck, wooden stopper sinks deep into neck of bottle, brown

Materials:
gourd , collar, hide and stopper, wood
Object Number:
A657301 Pt5
type:
container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Black beetle, hard shell, brown spots

Black beetle, hard shell, brown spots

Black beetle, hard shell with brown spots, six legs, amuletic(?)

Materials:
beetle
Object Number:
A657301 Pt6
type:
insect remains
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Phial, copper, fibre stopper, twist sealed

Phial, copper, fibre stopper, twist sealed

Small copper phial with white fibre stopper, twisted at neck for tight fit

Materials:
copper and stopper, fibre
Object Number:
A657301 Pt7
type:
phials
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Antelope's skull pieces, protection against witchcraft

Antelope's skull pieces, protection against witchcraft

Two pieces of antelope's skull, (koba ya paa) protection against witchcraft

Materials:
bone, antelope skull
Object Number:
A657301 Pt8
type:
protective amulets
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Animal's leg bone part, used as wand

Animal's leg bone part, used as wand

Part of an animal's leg bone wrapped in canvas cloth strip, used by medicine man as a wand

Materials:
bone, animal
Object Number:
A657301 Pt9
type:
wands
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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