Iron gouge for extracting poison from Upas tree

SMG00166958

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

SMG00166958
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Iron gouge for extracting poison from Upas tree, used by Kenyah, Borneo, 1860-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656070
Materials:
iron
type:
gouge
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)