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Medicine against the devil (travelling)
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Historical main catalogue: "4 small bags. The magician does not know what the powder inside is made of. He claims to have received the bags from the sultana 'Kisenga'. The medicine is put into the scratched skin when travelling; then you won't meet the devil on the way. From the pharmacy of the sorcerer Wizard Masafiri Uha"

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Object type
Medicine against the devil (travelling)
Dimensions
Weight: 20 g
Height: 3,2 cm
Width: 9,5 cm
Depth: 3,8 cm
Objektmaß: cm H: 9 cm, D: 3 cm
Material/Technique
Textile, Plant fibre , Bast
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 11092 a-d
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Provenance and sources

where
Tanzania
who
Ernst von Berger - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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