religious/ritual equipment;
figure
- Museum number
- Af1920,1106.33
- Description
-
Five-pronged spike or iron, a ritual object representing Olokun.
- Production date
- 1904-1913 (or earlier)
- Curator's comments
- One prong lost.
See Ethdoc 223 - Objects selected by T A Joyce:
'26. Olokun or the Mother of God on earth. Represented by the river of this name near the sea. The four little birds' heads represent God on earth, under the four fold system.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1920
- Acquisition notes
- See comment on Af1920,1106.1
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1920,1106.33
