- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Jowi, Benzoin incense (impure).
- Cultural groups
- Chaouia Berber
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1913
- Date collected
- 1913 - 1938
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant
- Dimensions
- Length: max 156 mm tube
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.16.111
- Research and responses
Related Documents File - See RDF for labels written by Hilton-Simpson for various objects in this collection. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/12/2004]
Further items to explore
1985.54.3490.4Amulet. Packet for medicine containing plant root. The roots have split in two and are spongy in the centre. For the other packets see 1985.54.3490 .1 - .3, .5 - .7. [ASh [OPS move] 10/01/2018]1985.54.3490.4
1913.17.79Borhum: substance for smearing on cuts and wounds.1913.17.79
2003.93.1Piece of belemnite, possibly used as an amulet.2003.93.1
1911.86.13Muslin with herb sewn inside used as a cure for sore throats.1911.86.13
1985.50.1060Amulet, a spherical brown nut mounted as a pendant with a brass suspension loop. Three indents on the bottom of the nut, arranged in a triangle to represent facial features. [EH [OPS move] 8/11/2017]1985.50.1060
1985.50.1424Amulet, four red coral 'horns'. The pieces of horn appear to have once been part of a larger ornament, but are now separate. [EH [OPS move] 23/11/2017]1985.50.1424
1938.16.74Medicine known as hadid el hargous.1938.16.74
1913.17.102Sling of palm leaf strips. [El.B 6/2/2007]1913.17.102