Cupping horn, goat, with wax and honey at tip

Item

Title

Cupping horn, goat, with wax and honey at tip

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Medicine

Description

The wax comes from the honey of little flies found in trees. It is applied with the wetted end over a surface. Then it is fixed in place by suction of the lips for a few seconds. The horn is called a sumo. This is all according to the Duplicate Memorandum Book (see below).

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c. 1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Horn (Goat)
Wax

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.336 .2
1551 (Old Number)

Source

1936
Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover - p. 67

Relation

Lump of wax:
ETH.ANG2.1378
1552 (Old Number)

Space/Place

Africa
Angola
12km south of Mupa.
Cultural group: Tchokwe/Tchibokwe
[HFD 19/07/2021]

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust