Gourd container for "medicine" covered in lattice network of small blue and white beads

Gourd container for medicine' covered in lattice network of

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Gourd container for "medicine" covered in lattice network of small blue and white beads, filled with coconut fibre, Ethiopian, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658431
Materials:
gourd, glass, beads and cotton, thread
type:
container
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)