Antidote

37-22-300B

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-300B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Leaf
Description

Leaves of bal ground and mixed with burnt palm oil, rubbed on child's body after it has been washed with an infusion of komplong leaves and stalks.

Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 239 - Collector Number

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