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description: Contains:Content: Herold sends a drawing of a drum with human skulls from Togo, which are only in the possession of the tribal chieftains and only hung with skulls of enemies killed in the war, mostly Aschanti. Reference to Ashanti War (1869-1874) as the last great slave hunt, therefore skulls date mainly from this time. Peace was only disturbed by the Tafieve War of 1888. Reference to Chief Kwadjo De from Peki, who had made trophies in this war. Similar drums at chiefs of Ho and Nkonya. Indication that decayed skulls are not replaced, which he sees as proof of the object's function as a fetish object. Drums are so highly regarded that only war or chance would bring them into the hands of Euopaeans. Suggestion that Dr. Gruner (Misahöhe) or Missionar Fies (Ho) should buy or photograph the drum of the Ho King Ho-Owosu. Description of the drum and how to use it. Request if MV is already in possession of a loom from Togo, which he might give as a present. (Sketches, pp. 206, 207) Letters: 2

description: Includes:Acquisition: I/112/1901: III C 12702, Fish poison (Togo), Donation K. Fies -- Contents/contains: K. Fies, Oslebshausen near Bremen from 24.9.: Donation of a fish poison from Togo, which was sent to him by his brother, a missionary.- Description of a judgment of God.letters: 2 - Prof. Lewin is sent 1 sample -- description from the main catalogue: "Poison, sap of the tree trôdzô (God Eyô magic).1. used in the judgment of God, in that the priest among the suspects brought before him injects the guilty party known to him from the secret court session, a mixture with this poison into the eyes, so that they cannot open their eyes in pain. For the unsuspects he uses a harmless mixture of herbs to which he adds the poison at the right moment. (Also an antidote is known to occur in some cases).2. Pouring the poison into water also affects the eyes of the fish in the same way so that they are easy to catch. So in Waya, used at the Todschie river.3. The leaves of the tree rubbed with salt are rubbed by the women to the newborns on the navel area so that the navel soon falls off [sic].Previous smearing with palmoel prevents the biting of the salt.