Dried gourd seeds used to create poison.

Item

Title

Dried gourd seeds used to create poison.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Poison

Description

A small plastic bag containing dried etaku seeds, some whole and some fragmented. The seeds can be pounded and turned into a poisonous paste, used to protect against wild animals.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

1936

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Gourd; Plant
Dried

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1800
A36/1800

Source

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust