Wooden chewing stick

Made:
1890-1930
Wooden chewing stick, said to be tied to the Eku Riku'

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Wooden chewing stick, said to be tied to the Eku Riku'
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Wooden chewing stick, said to be tied to the "Eku Riku", R5472/1936, medicine man's equipment, long flat splint with carved ornament at top, Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658207
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
length 292 mm
width 15 mm
ornament: 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