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Pair of horns perforated at their bases and lashed loosely together with string

1880-1930

Small skin medicine man's bag, hung with chains

1880-1910

Medicine man's bag

1870-1920

Medicine man's outfit consisting of woven cloth coat and palm leaf headband

1871-1900

Mammalian skin medicine man's bag

1880-1920

Medicine man's outfit

1880-1930

Medicine man's bag

1880-1930

Medicine man's bag

1880-1935
Part of medicine man's outfit, Nigerian, 1880-1930

Part of medicine man's outfit, Nigerian, 1880-1930

1880-1930
Medicine man's costume made from fibrous wood cloth, turnip-shaped head hardened with cane frame, robe-like costume with sleeves, Brazil, South America, 1860-1900

Medicine man's costume made from fibrous wood cloth

1860-1900
Medicine man's outfit, probably Sudanese, 1870-1920

Medicine man's outfit

1870-1920
Medicine man's equipment, containing elephant hair switch, a rectangular brass tin, a gourd, a piece of bark, and two pieces of wooden branch, and a board with stick and feathers, African, 1880-1930

Medicine man's equipment

1880-1930
Soft leather medicine man's bag(?) with front flap, cloth handle and leather strap attached, resembles a saddle bag, two leather sheaths secured to handle, contains knife, and gourd brush, Sudanese, 1880-1910

Medicine man's bag, leather, with contents

1880-1910
Medicine man's equipment, consisting of five gourd containers, two large seashells, two gazelle skull bones, bone from an animal's leg, a little copper phial and a bottle, Bondei tribe, Tanzania, 1871-1903

Medicine man's equipment, consisting of five gourd containers, two large seashells, two gazelle skull bones, bone from an animal's leg, a little copper phial and a bottle, Bondei tribe, Tanzania, 1871-1903

1871-1903
Collection of black animal horns pieces of wood and metal strung on a leather thong, supposedly used by King Cetewayo's physician, Zulu people, South Africa, 1840-1884

Collection of black animal horns pieces of wood and metal strung on a leather thong

1840-1884
Loosely woven fibre coconut(?) medicine man's costume, combination garment black, red and natural bands, black hood, grass fringed arms and legs, West African(?), 1880-1910

Loosely woven fibre coconut(?) medicine man's costume

1880-1910
Medicine man's one-piece costume, East African, 1870-1930

Medicine man's one-piece costume

1870-1930
Woven fibre medicine man's bag, soft, with rounded base, cord handles woven into rim, containing various gourds, horns, stones, rattle, knife, sticks etc., Congolese, 1880-1920

Medicine man's bag, containing various gourds, horns, stones, rattle, knife, sticks etc., Congolese, 1880-1920

1880-1920
Cloth bag with protruding tail filled with horns and pieces of wood, shell tied to bag with string used by medicine man, Sudan, Africa, 1880-1920

Cloth bag with protruding tail filled with horns and pieces of wood

1880-1920
Skirt of antelope tails(?) belonging to witch doctor, probably African, 1880-1920

Skirt of antelope tails(?) belonging to witch doct

1880-1920
Medicine man's bag, containing skull bones of a much feared medicine man of the Congo, M' Boio tribe, Congolese, 1870-1920

Medicine man's bag, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1870-1920

1870-1920
Medicine man's outfit, from Tanzania, 1903, including teeth, bells, flint, etc.

Medicine man's outfit, from Tanzania, 1903, including teeth, bells, flint, etc.

1880-1903