2 containers, a bottle and glass on a mount, both contain galangal root (galagil), used in Kordofan, Sudan for as a preventative charm against scorpions and for cauterizing either snake bites or scorpion stings with the charred root
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A666503
- Materials:
- bottle, glass, mount, glass and mount, paper
- type:
- containers
