Gourd container for holding medicine

Made:
1890-1925 in Kenya
maker:
Akikuya people
Gourd container for holding medicine, torpedo shaped

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Gourd container for holding medicine, torpedo shaped
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Gourd container for holding medicine, torpedo shaped, corn cob shaped, corn cob stopper, part of medicine man's equipment, Akikuya tribe, Kenya, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657245
Materials:
gourd and corn, cob, stopper
type:
container
credit:
Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett