Pottery burial vase

Made:
1900-1924 in Nigeria
Pottery burial vase, globular with large flared neck Carved wooden statue presumably male but with no genital organs Carved wooden statue presumably male but with no genital organs

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Pottery burial vase, globular with large flared neck
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Carved wooden statue presumably male but with no genital organs
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Carved wooden statue presumably male but with no genital organs
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Pottery burial vase, globular with large flared neck, closed top with filtration holes, placed in the grave for the journey of the deceased, Bunu tribe, Nigeria, 1900-1924

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657203
Materials:
pottery
type:
burial vases
credit:
British Empire Exhibition. Nigerian Sect