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Object Number 37-77-50/2925
Display Title Small packet of medicine - to eat this destroys power of speech
Descriptions
Inventory Description Medicine bundle, smnall leather pouch, metal rings, filled with fibrous substanc
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Ganta, vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 8.4 x 2.8 cm (2 3/4 x 3 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2925
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (08/30/1937)

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