Medicine bowl made from large hallowed gound
- Made:
- 1871-1910
Medicine bowl made from large hallowed gound, hemispherical, filled with earth in which is embedded grounds, sticks, iron pins and cowrie shells, has the power to help warriors overcome witchcraft and heal their wounds, Togoland, West Africa, 1871-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651659
- Materials:
- gourd, content, gourd, content, earth, content, iron, content, bone, bird claw and content, cowrie
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
with content: height 128 mm
diameter 280 mm
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Umlauff Collection
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