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Object Number
30-66-50/H1361
Display Title
Mwitango & tobacco (medicine)
Descriptions
Object Description
Mwitango and tobacco, medicine, mixture used as a general remedy for +
Inventory Description
Bag of burned plant material powder, black
Classification
- Floral
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
Materials
Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 2.4 x 10 x 0.7 cm (15/16 x 3 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1 bag
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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| |
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Bag
|
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| |
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|
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| |
| 24-48-60/D2342 | Tobacco with 30% bailey chaff addition |
Floral
|
Siberia
| |
| 38-60-30/1844 | Toucan's bill - used to absorb tobacco juice through the nose - from the medicine man's chest |
Raw Material
Ornament |
Ecuador
| |
| 985-27-10/60171 | Crow medicine bag of Tobacco Society. Decorated w/ beadwork, tassles, pigment |
Bag
|
Montana?
| |
| 30-66-50/H1365 | Mutowo (medicine) |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
| 30-66-50/H1365.1 | Mutowo (medicine) |
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|
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| |
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|
Tanzania
| |
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Floral
|
Africa
| |
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Floral
|
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| |
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|
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|