offering-dish
- Museum number
- As1992,12.2
- Description
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Bronze offering dish suspended on a bronze chain, to contain the blood of a human sacrifice (meriah).
- Production date
- 19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 47 centimetres
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Weight: 380 grammes
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Width: 26 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Eth Doc 1854. The donor, a Christian missionary, was given the item by tribal chiefs c.1965.
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Made by "Deer Clan"
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1992,12.2