Medicine Necklet

This is a necklet of stained cotton cloth, containing magical substances, herbs, or medicines. It is thought to have been used by the Tongo Players, a name given to a group of professional witch finders who were called in to investigate and detect members of the Leopard Society, blamed for a series of murders in Imperri chiefdom in the early 1890s. All Tongo activity was later banned by the British Colonial Government.

Further Information

• Type: Religious/ritual equipment, charms
• Object: Medicine Necklet
• Materials: Textile, Vegetable, organic fibre
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 320mm x 120mm
• Production Date: Pre 1910
• Associated Places: Sierra Leone: Sherbro District (Created and collected
• Associated People: L. Probyn (Donor); G. W. Page (Collector)
• Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
• Accession Number: LIVCM.17.12.10.48

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