Medicine man's outfit, from Tanzania, 1903, including teeth, bells, flint, etc.
- Made:
- 1880-1903
Medicine man's outfit, from Tanzania, 1903, including teeth, bells, flint, etc.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A631400
- type:
- medicine man's outfits
Parts
Annulus
Tooth of a ruminant
Claws,bird's foot, four claws, four toes
- Object Number:
- A631400 Pt4
- type:
- claws
Approximately forty small lumps of iron
Small ball of cotton wool
Root
Hoof, from unknown animal
- Object Number:
- A631400 Pt11
- type:
- hooves
Iron arrowhead
Bone, carved to resemble a tooth
Horn, curved through 210 degrees, from antelope or sheep
Piece of flint
Cylindrical slipcase
Forked stick, wooden
One curved tooth
- Object Number:
- A631400 Pt19
- type:
- teeth
Wooden stick
Tooth from Medicine man's outfit
- Object Number:
- A631400/21
- type:
- animal tooth
