Wood, pounded fine and mixed with butter to rub on hair and body
Item
Title
Wood, pounded fine and mixed with butter to rub on hair and body
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Organic Matter
Description
Wood (omuva) pounded fine and sifted to a fine powder. Mixed with cooked butter (ondendelwa). Used on body, sometimes hair by men and women. The above is according to the Duplicate Memorandum Book (see below).
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c. 1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wood
Identifier
1321 (Old Number)
Source
1936
Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover - p. 36
Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover - p. 36
Space/Place
Africa
Angola
The village of Kubelai, modern-day Cuvelai. Between Cassinga and Mupa, near the River Poponde.
Cultural Group: Vahanda
[HFD 12/07/2021]
Angola
The village of Kubelai, modern-day Cuvelai. Between Cassinga and Mupa, near the River Poponde.
Cultural Group: Vahanda
[HFD 12/07/2021]
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust
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