‘Fragrance of the Cape’ aromatherapy dough, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004-2005

Plastic pot with lid ‘Fragrance of the Cape’ aromatherapy dough, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004-2005

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Plastic pot with lid, of ‘Fragrance of the Cape’ aromatherapy dough, containing a blend of fynbos essential oils from plants used in African medicine for their healing properties, made in Cape Town, South Africa, 2004-2005

A pot of ‘Fragrance of the Cape’ aromatherapy dough from South Africa. The dough contains a blend of essential oils from buchu and wilde-als - plants used in African medicine for their healing properties.

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Object Number:
2005-687
type:
materia medica
credit:
Alice Nicholls