Medicine Bundle
37-22-303B
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bawngge
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-303B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro | Bolom |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bawngge |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leaf |
| Iconography | Trespasser Curse |
| Description | (Antidote for 37-22-303A) leaves of mbelma tampil are crushed between the hands, with a little water, placed in a funnel made of a leaf. This is squeezed, so that the moisture drips into the patient's mouth. The leaves are ground and rubbed on the patient's throat. While this is going on the ningga is kept near the patient's house. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 244 - Collector Number |
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