- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Borhum: substance for smearing on cuts and wounds.
- Cultural groups
- Chaouia Berber
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1913
- Date collected
- By 1913
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1913
- Dimensions
- Length: max 65 mm tube
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1913.17.79
Search terms: Medicine
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