Medicine man's bag made from the skin of a small mammal

Made:
1890-1930 in Lesotho
Medicine man's bag made from the skin of a small mammal

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Medicine man's bag made from the skin of a small mammal
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Medicine man's bag made from the skin of a small mammal, two buttons at opening, used for carrying "witchcraft bones", Basuto tribe, South Africa, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658239
Materials:
skin, animal, mammal
type:
medicine pouch
credit:
Christol, F.