Two leaf packets of Acokanthera schimperi resin used for arrow poison

Made:: 1890-1937 in Tanzania

Two leaf packets of Acokanthera schimperi resin used for arrow poison, Waniker tribe, Tanganyika, 1890-1937

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A657462

Materials:: resin and leaves

type:: packets

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Two leaf packets of Acokanthera schimperi resin used for arrow poison

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