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Object Number
30-66-50/H1354
Display Title
Medicine to catch thieves
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bag of burned wood particles, black
Classification
- Floral
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nzega
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
Additional Geographic Terms
Nzega District
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5 x 10 x 0.5 cm (1 x 3 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1 bag
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for Thieves' medicine or charm
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Cameroon
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for Fetish - medicine wrapped around center for guarding field against thieves
| 27-35-50/B4340 | Fetish - medicine wrapped around center for guarding field against thieves |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.23533 | Thieves market |
Seoul
| ||
| 30-66-50/H1355 | Mteneno (medicine) |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
| 30-66-50/H1359 | Mugowole (medicine) |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
| 30-66-50/H1337 | Mulagolago (medicine) |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
| 30-66-50/H1336 | Mubula yambeli (medicine - woman's) |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
| 30-66-50/H1358 | Nyegenyege (medicine) |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
| 30-66-50/H1357 | Tandamwaka (medicine) |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
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Box
|
Liberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2341 | Tobacco with 30% wood addition |
Floral
|
Siberia
| |
| 40-24-50/4970 | Wooden whistles on string - for luck in hunting |
Woodwind
|
Africa
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