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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