Medicine man's outfit made from finely woven grasses, in one piece including tunic and trousers, displayed on plaster cast figure of medicine man, Ibibio tribe, Nigeria, 1880-1925, part of a whole medicine man's outfit: accompanying old 'A' card is a list of the various items
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657223
- Materials:
- grass, woven, figure, plaster and figure, wood, base
- Measurements:
-
figure, with stand: height 390 mm
figure: height 260 mm
length 220 mm
width 180 mm
base: length 300 mm
base: width 270 mm
- type:
- medicine man's outfit
