Collection

Medicine man's book or "Ngato Namelete"

Made:: 1890-1920 in Uganda

Medicine man's book or "Ngato Namelete", five hide leaves, roughly circular, small bell attached, Ganda tribe, Uganda, 1890-1920

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651158

Materials:: hide and iron

type:: medicine man equipment

credit:: Ugandan Government

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