Carved wooden effigy

Made:
1851-1930 in Nigeria
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Carved wooden effigy
Science Museum Group
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Carved wooden effigy
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden effigy
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Carved wooden effigy, demon-like creature with long pointed horns protruding from head, globular body, probably represents a shamans familiar, Ibo tribe, S. Nigeria, 1851-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657918
Materials:
wood
type:
effigies
credit:
Jeffreys, M.D.W.