Two crocodile eggs, one smashed, one complete, as used by the Kings of Ankole, Lake Victoria, East Africa, to retain poison for ending their lives, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657501
- Measurements:
-
length 85 mm
diameter 50 mm
- type:
- eggs and materia medica
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
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