M0019749: Divining gourd, Zomba, Malawi

Photograph of a divining gourd containing twigs, bones and beads. According to the accession register lots would be cast according to the position taken by the objects when thrown out. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4850/1936). It was removed from the Museum's holdings in 1966

December 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R4850/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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