Chief ingredient of Zo's poison

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Object Number 37-77-50/2924

Display Title Chief ingredient of Zo's poison

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bundle of bark strips, tied together with fiber, chipping

Classification

Floral

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mano

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Additional Geographic Terms Ganta, vicinity of

Materials Wood, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 19 x 1.8 x 2.2 cm (7 1/2 x 11/16 x 7/8 in.)

Quantity 7

Label on object 37-77-50/2924

Provenance

Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	37-77-50/2827	Small wooden mask - probably death mask of Zo's	Mask	Liberia
	37-77-50/2826	Small wooden mask - probably death mask of Zo's	Raw Material Mask	Liberia
	37-77-50/2829	Wooden mask. Probably death mask of Zo's	Mask Raw Material	Liberia
	37-77-50/2828	Wooden mask. Probably death mask of Zo's	Mask Raw Material	Liberia
	33-38-70/267	Fiber of root; either for bark cloth or fish poison	Floral	Philippines
	32-49-50/65.1	War charm worn by the chief Zo	Necklace	Ganta
	37-77-50/2917	Sack and oval object covered with string and smeared with egg - used by Zo to "t	Ornament	Liberia
	37-32-50/2444	Pods - part of the equipment used in making of the poison used on the arrows of	Raw Material Floral	Cameroon
	34-34-50/268	Loin cloth of "zo" woman	Loincloth	Liberia
	37-32-50/2446	Ground up seeds - part of the equipment used in making of the poison used on the	Floral	Cameroon
Media Restricted	78-1-10/13889	Duplicate cast of "Zo-pe-he," Toothless, Mexican warrior captured by Kiowa at 18	Shaft, modified Cast	Ft. Marion
Media Restricted	78-1-10/13885	Duplicate cast of "Zo-tom," Biter, Kiowa warrior	Shaft, modified Cast	Ft. Marion

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