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Description: | Fish poison (Bedamuni: imugu). Branch of the imugu or kauabea tree (Ternstroemia merrilliana) used as fish poison. The leaves and the bark are poisonous. The bark is scraped over the water with a tégénébu scraper (1982.68i and 1982.68ii). This example was bought from Hamura.
caption: General view of object no. 1982.71. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | weapons poisons (hunting Ternstroemia merrilliana wood fishing & trapping) Bedamuni War- and Peace-making Food and Feasting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-143802 | Go to resource |
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