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
Part of medicine man's outfit, Nigerian, 1880-1930 Part of medicine man's outfit, Nigerian, 1880-1930 1880-1930
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 outfit, from Tanzania, 1903, including teeth, bells, flint, etc. Medicine man's outfit, from Tanzania, 1903, including teeth, bells, flint, etc. 1880-1903