Magical remedy or "Bundi dia Mobibi"
- Made:
- 1871-1920
Magical remedy or "Bundi dia Mobibi", bundle of brown cloth with tassels from top of which protrude black feathers, part of animal jaw, cowrie shell and other small items are loose but belong to bundle, native cure for ague, Portuguese Congo, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652663
- Materials:
- cloth, string, feathers, bone, animal's mandiba and cowrie
- Measurements:
-
length 185 mm
width 95 mm
with tassels: width 240 mm
thickness 45 mm
- type:
- medicine bundles
