Carved wooden enema funnel
- Made:
- 1880-1920 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Carved wooden enema funnel, cauldron-like vessel. Tapering tubular spout, bevelled at end, four lugs carved around vessels sides, Bakuba tribe (?), Congolese, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655984
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
height 188 mm
vessel with lugs: diameter 120 mm
spout, end: diameter 16 mm
- type:
- enema funnel
- credit:
- Pareyn, H.