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
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)
ETH.ANG2.1378
1552 (Old Number)
Space/Place
Africa
Angola
12km south of Mupa.
Cultural group: Tchokwe/Tchibokwe
[HFD 19/07/2021]
Angola
12km south of Mupa.
Cultural group: Tchokwe/Tchibokwe
[HFD 19/07/2021]
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust