Magical bundle called "kubil" (kill sixty) composed by several small gourds

Made:: 1888-1925

Magical bundle called kubil' (kill sixty) composed by several
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Magical bundle called "kubil" (kill sixty) composed by several small gourds, horns, beads, teeth, small glass bottle and cloth, Gold Coast, Africa, 1880-1925

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651095

Materials:: horn, gourd, cowrie, ivory, leather and glass, beads and bottle

Measurements:: approx: height 350 mm
approx: length 170 mm
approx: width 140 mm
approx: height 350 mm
approx: length 170 mm
approx: width 140 mm

type:: medicine man equipment

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Magical bundle called "kubil" (kill sixty) composed by several small gourds

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