Iziko_SAMLB_D_Ta002

Iziko_SAMLB_D_Ta002

Watercolours

Tamme

image

pencil

25 August 1881

83x225mm

1. ≠nabbi, 2. ant-hill on which it grows, The skin of the root is also scraped, and put into food. Only eaten by males. Said to be intoxicating, and to be eaten to make the heart "[illegible]", very much, before killing other people. The outer covering of the root (which itself is worn suspended to the neck) is used, scraped off, as a remedy for snakebite

plants and animals

custom and daily life

plant ( root, edible, intoxicating, medicinal )

medicine ( root used for treating snakebite )

intoxication ( root skin )

food ( avoided by women )

food ( eaten by males )

food ( an intoxicant )

food ( root skin scraped and put into )

remedy ( root used for treating snakebite )

poison ( root skin )