Cupping Instrument
AF2378
From: Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF2378 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Akamba |
| Provenience | Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Horn (animal part) | Resin (material) | Wood |
| Description | Used for sucking blood out of wounds or swellings. The horn is placed in the wound and sucked for a time, then the mouth piece is closed and left hanging to the wound. |
| Length | 17.5 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1916 |
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