http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1262648
type: Entity
ksamsok version: 1.3.0
service name: objekt
service organization: SMVK-EM
service organization full: Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet
build date: 2026-08-07
url: https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/object/1262648
subject: culturalHistory
data quality: raw
item super type: object
item type: object
item key word: 1912.06.0308
item key word: Batwa
item key word: Twa
item key word: Folklig medicin (754)
item key word: Sjukdomar, hälso och sjukvård (750)
item key word: von Rosen, Eric
item key word: Eric von Rosen
item key word: Kap till Kairo
item key word: Kap-Kairo-expeditionen
item key word: WHMZ
item label: amulett, amulet
is part of: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1068961
is visualized by: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/25104490
P12 B.was present at: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/exhibition/1434234
is mentioned by: http://libris.kb.se/bib/1657844
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning
  desc: Enligt generalkatalogen: Amulett av Varanusskinn. Bäres som medel mot huvudvärk.
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Publicerad text, engelska
  desc: "For headaches, the amulet Fig. 186 is considered particularly effective. It consists of a narrow strip of Varanus leather, which is sewn together into a tube, which is then wrapped around both ends by a small wooden stick. The amulet, which has a diameter of 3.4 cm., Was worn on the forehead, where it was held by a string, which was wrapped one turn around the head. Tying a string around the head as a remedy for headaches and fever is a very widespread custom in Africa. On pl. 9: fig. C is a sleepy woman from Rusisidalen depicted. She wears a string around her forehead to relieve the disease; the string can, although indistinctly, be discerned in the picture. The sick swamp woman on pl. 66 have used exactly the same remedy to cure the fever accompanying the headache. It is possible that this woman suffered from rheumatic liver. her finger joints were, as I have previously pointed out, considerably swollen from some gouty or rheumatic disease, which is also seen in the picture." (pp. 301-302, von Rosen, 1916, translated from Swedish). @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning / engelska
  desc: According to the general catalog: Varanus leather amulet. Carried as a remedy for headaches. @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Anmärkning
  desc: En del av föremålen är frysta i fri låda. [[Textil]]
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Utställning / tidigare
  desc: Rhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställning
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Referens, publicerad i
  desc: Rosen, Eric von (1916). Träskfolket: svenska Rhodesia-Kongo-expeditionens etnografiska forskningsresultat. Stockholm: Bonnier
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Geografiskt namn / annat
  desc: Nordrhodesia
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Geografiskt namn / annat
  desc: Rhodesia
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Land / engelska
  desc: Zambia @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Geografiskt namn / annat
  desc: Bangveloträsket
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Händelse / var närvarande vid
  desc: Svenska Rhodesia-Kongo-expeditionen (1911-1912)
item material: ItemMaterial
  type: Materialkategori
  material: läder-skinn-päls
item material: ItemMaterial
  type: Material
  material: varanskinn
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Diameter
  value: 3,5
  unit: cm
  qualifier: [Textil]
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord
  name: amulett
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord, engelska
  name: amulet @en
item number: ItemNumber
  type: Inventarienummer
  number: 1912.06.0308
context: Rosen, Eric von
  type: Context
  context label: Insamlad
  context type: transact
  context super type: interact
  intermediary: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1181582
context: Context
  context label: Förvärvad
  context type: transact
  context super type: interact
  from time: 1912
  to time: 1912
context: Twa
  type: Context
  context label: Brukad
  context type: use
  context super type: interact
  user: Q7857394
context: Context
  context label: Ursprung
  context type: use
  context super type: interact
  country: zm
  continent name: Afrika
  country name: Zambia
  place name: Northern Province
  place name: Bangweulusjön
context: Rhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställning
  type: Context
  context label: Utställd
  context type: display
  context super type: interact
  place name: Konstakademien, Stockholm
  from time: 1913-02-04
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Etnografiska museet, Stockholm
  copyright: Statens museer för världskultur
  media license: by
  media license url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Etnografiska museet, Stockholm
  copyright: Statens museer för världskultur
  media license: by
  media license url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item license: cc0
item license url: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
presentation: 1.3.0 2026-08-07 amulett Rådata 1262648 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1262648 1912.06.0308 Enligt generalkatalogen: Amulett av Varanusskinn. Bäres som medel mot huvudvärk. "For headaches, the amulet Fig. 186 is considered particularly effective. It consists of a narrow strip of Varanus leather, which is sewn together into a tube, which is then wrapped around both ends by a small wooden stick. The amulet, which has a diameter of 3.4 cm., Was worn on the forehead, where it was held by a string, which was wrapped one turn around the head. Tying a string around the head as a remedy for headaches and fever is a very widespread custom in Africa. On pl. 9: fig. C is a sleepy woman from Rusisidalen depicted. She wears a string around her forehead to relieve the disease; the string can, although indistinctly, be discerned in the picture. The sick swamp woman on pl. 66 have used exactly the same remedy to cure the fever accompanying the headache. It is possible that this woman suffered from rheumatic liver. her finger joints were, as I have previously pointed out, considerably swollen from some gouty or rheumatic disease, which is also seen in the picture." (pp. 301-302, von Rosen, 1916, translated from Swedish)., According to the general catalog: Varanus leather amulet. Carried as a remedy for headaches., En del av föremålen är frysta i fri låda. [[Textil]], Rhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställning, Rosen, Eric von (1916). Träskfolket: svenska Rhodesia-Kongo-expeditionens etnografiska forskningsresultat. Stockholm: Bonnier, Nordrhodesia, Rhodesia, Zambia, Bangveloträsket, Svenska Rhodesia-Kongo-expeditionen (1911-1912) Insamlad Rosen, Eric von Brukad Twa Ursprung Afrika, Zambia, Northern Province, Bangweulusjön Utställd Konstakademien, Stockholm Rhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställning image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1333435/1912.06.0308.jpg https://collecti…