Cupping horn sealed at narrow end with resinous concretion

Made:
1880-1920 in Zambia
Cupping horn sealed at narrow end with resinous concretion

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Cupping horn sealed at narrow end with resinous concretion
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Cupping horn sealed at narrow end with resinous concretion, known as a "mulancho", used by the medicine man, Barotse, tribe, Zambia, near Broken Hill,1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657927
Materials:
horn and beeswax
type:
cupping horn
credit:
Clarke, S.