"Bottles For Medicinal Preparation, Ethiopia "
Rare, this double gourd was formerly used by Ethiopian Christian priests to store medicinal preparations. It consists of two glass bottles padded inside a sewn fabric bag.
The whole thing is decorated with a net of glass beads.
Good condition, some missing beads.
Ethiopia, late 19th, early 20th century
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