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

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Parts

Container, gourd, double headed, for holding medicine

Container, gourd, double headed, for holding medicine

Materials:: gourd and stopper, wood

Object Number:: A657301 Pt1

type:: container

Container, gourd, sealed with string and cloth

Container, gourd, sealed with string and cloth

Materials:: gourd , string and cloth

Object Number:: A657301 Pt2

type:: container

Container, balloon shaped body, long tubular neck

Container, balloon shaped body, long tubular neck

Materials:: gourd

Object Number:: A657301 Pt3

type:: container

Container, double headed gourd, wooden stopper

Container, double headed gourd, wooden stopper

Materials:: gourd , collar, hide and stopper, wood

Object Number:: A657301 Pt4

type:: container

Containers, gourd, wooden stopper, neck collar

Containers, gourd, wooden stopper, neck collar

Materials:: gourd , collar, hide and stopper, wood

Object Number:: A657301 Pt5

type:: container

Black beetle, hard shell, brown spots

Black beetle, hard shell, brown spots

Materials:: beetle

Object Number:: A657301 Pt6

type:: insect remains

Phial, copper, fibre stopper, twist sealed

Phial, copper, fibre stopper, twist sealed

Materials:: copper and stopper, fibre

Object Number:: A657301 Pt7

type:: phials

Antelope's skull pieces, protection against witchcraft

Antelope's skull pieces, protection against witchcraft

Materials:: bone, antelope skull

Object Number:: A657301 Pt8

type:: protective amulets

Animal's leg bone part, used as wand

Animal's leg bone part, used as wand

Materials:: bone, animal

Object Number:: A657301 Pt9

type:: wands