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Medicine Gourd

National Museums of Kenya

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

It was a medicine mans divining gourd full of seeds and beans. The seeds are from the tree called Ivuu. The gourd is daubed with a white powder before divining and the beans shaken out about four to six times on to a goatskin and left in little piles. It was used by medicine men on people so that they would not die.

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  • Title: Medicine Gourd
  • Location: Kenya
  • Type: Medicine Gourd
  • Rights: National Museums of Kenya
  • Medium: Gourd
  • Photographer: Gibsphotography
  • Local Name: Mulula
  • Community: Kamba
  • Collection Date: 1968-10-18
  • Collected By: Jean Brown
National Museums of Kenya

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