Gourd container full of black powder

Made:
1890-1925 in Kenya
maker:
Akikuya people
Gourd container full of black powder, drop-shaped

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Gourd container full of black powder, drop-shaped
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Gourd container full of black powder, drop-shaped, part of medicine man's equipment, Akikuya tribe, Kenya, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657242
Materials:
gourd and stopper, wood
type:
container
credit:
Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett