Medicine Bag

This is a small red cotton bag, containing magical substances, medicine or herbs. It is decorated with two cowrie shells. The Sierra Leone National Museum describes it as sasah , or swearing medicine.

Further Information

• Type: Religious/ritual equipment, charms
• Object: Medicine Bag
• Materials: Textile, Vegetable, organic fibre
• Culture Group: Temne
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: Pre 1965
• Associated Places: Kolifaka Village, Tonkolili District (Place collected)
• Associated People: A.B. Seisay, Freetown (Trader)
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.1965.80.03

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