Wooden casket containing various items making up the regalia of the Nyama society of Southern Nigeria
- Made:
- 1890-1830
Wooden casket containing various items making up the regalia of the Nyama society of Southern Nigeria, curved wooden effigy not in casket, Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A5076
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- casket
- credit:
- Jeffreys, M.D.W.
Parts
Ring of grasses and twigs used as stand on a white pot (above) rest
Ring of grasses and twigs used as stand on a white pot (above) rest, from the regalia of the Nyama society of Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930
Two pieces of dog's jawbone
Two pieces of dog's jawbone, lower mandible, both pieces with teeth, from the regalia of the Nyama society of Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930
Finely plaited fibre head band
Finely plaited fibre head band, the ends of which are knotted into holes pierced in the lower mandible of a dog, from the regalia of the Nyama society of Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930
Wooden casket
Wooden casket with carved geometric design, used to contain various items making up the regalia of the Nyama society of Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930
- Measurements:
-
overall: 183 mm x 154 mm x 187 mm,
- Materials:
- wood and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A5076 Pt11
- type:
- casket
