Portion of tree root

Made:
1880-1932 in Somalia
Portion of tree root

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Portion of tree root
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Portion of tree root, nature name "Guruss Win" used to cause fidelity of a wife who is tiring of her husband and has feelings for another, Somaliland(?), 1880-1932

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658414
Materials:
wood, root
type:
amulet
credit:
Powell-Cotton