Description (Labels & Markings)
Sealed envelope 'On his Majesty's Service', originally addressed to 'The Treasury Officer. Nairobi'. Signed 'E. B. Horne'. Reused to enclose indigenous medicine. Hand-written note at the back: 'Kikuyu. Mukosho made from roots of a tree of that name. If a hunter eats a little of this medicine + rubs a little on each eyelid he will quickly find elephants or what game he wishes; it is also said to be a good thing to to put a little of the medicine in one's weapons.' [Transcribed by Lucie Carreau, 22/04/2022].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card: 'used by various tribes.'
Event Date 1926
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1926.583.1-16: 'Box of medicines.'
Event Date 1926
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1926.583[.1-16]: 'Sealed glass bottle with "Chembe" written on label. Fifteen envelopes with original information written on them, which appear to hold medicine powders. All stored in an old cigar box.'
Event Date 15/1/2002
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Mukosho. Indigenous medicine made from the root of the Mukosho tree. Used by hunters to be successful in hunts. Stored in a sealed envelope. Originally stored in a cigar box, now kept with the object.
Event Date 22/04/2022
Author: Lucie Carreau