Medicine Bag
This is a necklet of cotton cloth with an attached woven bag, containing magical substances, herbs, or medicines. It is thought to have been used by the Tongo Players, a name given to a group of professional witch finders who were called in to investigate and detect members of the Leopard Society, blamed for a series of murders in Imperri chiefdom in the early 1890s. All Tongo activity was later banned by the British Colonial Government.
Further Information
- Type: Religious/ritual equipment, charms
- Object: Medicine Bag
- Materials: Textile, Vegetable, organic fibre, No Data / Other
- Culture Group: Mende
- Dimensions: 320mm x 210mm
- Production Date: Pre 1910
- Associated Places: Sierra Leone:Sherbro District (Created and collected)
- Associated People: L. Probyn (Donor); G. W. Page (Collector)
- Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
- Accession Number: LIVCM.17.12.10.54
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