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Guna Inaduledi ”Naki Wala” Sea Fan Medicinal Root - Dried sea fan coral specimen used by Ina Tuledi (medicine man) with anglicized name Sam Smith, to promote strength in women by invoking the resilience of fan coral against the currents. From: Guna (Kuna/Cuna) People, Tubualá (Tupsuit) / Mandinga Region, Guna Yala, Panama.  Period: c. 1965–1972 6” at longest point, with field tag attached which reads: NAKI WALA sea fan root - stem ~ drunk by women for strength and better health from SAM SMITH (I.T.) of TUPSUIT (Mandinga). Provenance:  From the collection of American ethnologist and explorer Captain Kit S. Kapp.