Wooden chewing stick

Made:
1890-1930
Wooden chewing stick, long splint with carved top

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Wooden chewing stick, long splint with carved top
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Wooden chewing stick, long splint with carved top, looking like two anchors placed one on top of the other, said to have been tied to the "Eku Riku", (R5472/1936), Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658206
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
length 292 mm
stick: width 12 mm
decoration: width 25 mm
thickness 3 mm
type:
chewing stick
credit:
Jeffreys, M.D.W.

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Wooden chewing stick, slender strip of wood, flat, surmounted by ornate carved top, fretwork, tied to the "Eku Riku" (see R5472/1936) , part of medicine man's equipment, Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930

Wooden chewing stick