Medicine

37-22-231A

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-231A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Fiber
Description

Small cruciform mat of splints from midrib of raphia palm leaf. Protects plantations; causes colic.

Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 203 - Collector Number | 2127 - Other Number

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