Wooden ancestral effigy

Wooden ancestral effigy, covered with clay and pigment

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Wooden ancestral effigy, covered with clay and pigment
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Wooden ancestral effigy, covered with clay and pigment, mould into crude head, wooden handle with iron suspension loop, used in prayers and oath, Southern Nigerian, 1900-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657304
Materials:
wood, clay and iron
type:
effigy
credit:
Jeffreys, M.D.W.