Calabashes were used as containers for medicines, sacred oils, powders, and other ‘charged’ substances among different Tanzanian peoples, The calabashes were often closed with beautifully carved wooden stoppers – miniature heads that mimicked larger sculptures and masks used by the tribe. Healers and diviners traditionally used them during curing, healing, or soothsaying rituals. This is an old calabash with a reddish patina and it shows visible signs of age.
- Material: Wood and beads
- Age: approximately 55-70 yrs
- Origin: Tanzania
- Condition: Good
- SKU: CMI-019
- Weight: 0.1 kg
- Dimensions: 6.5 x 19 x 8.8 cm