'Medicine' on the rocks / H. C. Woodhouse

Object Details

Notes

One section of a rock painting in the Free State Province is interpreted as the administration of an enema. A photograph and references to such procedures, some of which describe the administration of enemas as part of a cleansing ritual, are provided.

Ill.

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

1998

Call number

GN301 .S498

Author

Woodhouse, H. C. 1919-2011

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI

Type

Articles

Place

South Africa

Topic

Enema in African art

Rock paintings--Themes, motives

Record ID

siris_sil_674031

Usage

CC0