Fruit of Inbuyu or spirit tree

Made:
1890-1925
Fruit of Inbuyu or spirit tree

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Fruit of Inbuyu or spirit tree
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Fruit of Inbuyu or spirit tree, elliptical shell with stalk handle, two cut-out windows for the spirits to pass in contains original fruit, Zanzibar, East Africa, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657219
Materials:
wood
type:
amulets
credit:
Tunbridge Wells Municipal Museum