Medicine

37-22-235A

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-235A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro | Bulom
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Tortoise Shell
Description

Forward portion of under part of carapace of tortoise. Protects plantations; causes colic.

Length 8.2 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 152 - Collector Number

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