Charm and medicine

Museum number:
5-5881
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
64 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2171
Description:
Oblong charm of white clay from stream bed mixed with leaf medicine; length 5 cm.
Donor:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Gola
Culture or time period:
Gola
Collector:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Charm and medicine, accession number 5-5881, described as Oblong charm of white clay from stream bed mixed with leaf medicine; length 5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Charm and medicine, accession number 5-5881, described as Oblong charm of white clay from stream bed mixed with leaf medicine; length 5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm and medicine, accession number 5-5881, described as Oblong charm of white clay from stream bed mixed with leaf medicine; length 5 cm.

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