Medicine Bundle

37-22-245A

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-245A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Ceramic | Sand
Description

Potsherd containing sand, with a small stick holding cotton fibre. Protects plantations. Causes hands or feet to swell.

Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 191 - Collector Number

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