Accession No
Z 33881
Description
Root supposed to have been the hiding place of a devil and pulled up by the medicine man in order to exorcise him.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Siong
Period
19th century
Source
Skeat, Walter William [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 33881; Skeat II: 615
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter William Skeat.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Production / use)
Typed catalogue card reads, 'Root supposed to have been the hiding place of a devil and pulled up by the medicine man in order to exorcise him.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Root.
Event Date
Author: maa
FM:77786
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