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Cane splint made from the stem of the guinea corn, forming slats bound with strips of leather, used for fractures of the forearm bones, Ibo tribe, Northern Nigeria, 1871-1908
Cane splint made from the stem of the guinea corn, forming slats bound with strips of leather, used for fractures of the forearm bones, Ibo peoples, Northern Nigeria, 1871-1908
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652643
- Materials:
- cane, stem of guinea corn and leather
- type:
- splints
- credit:
- Comrie, M.
