Earthenware bottle for pouring libations of Tumbo

Made:
1920-1927 in Nigeria

Earthenware bottle for pouring libations of Tumbo, from the display of Ibibio medicine man, surrounded by his equipment, Nigerian, 1920-1927

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A5075 Pt18
Materials:
earthenware
Measurements:
height 105 mm
diameter 100 mm
type:
ceramic bottles

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