animal remains;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Af1932,0516.4
- Description
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Skull of a bird set with two cowrie shells.
- Production date
- 1932 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.20 centimetres
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Width: 5.50 centimetres
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Depth: 14.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Ethdoc 241 - Notes on Tiv Cult Objects by R C Abraham, Anthropological Officer, N.P. Nigeria, 1 October 1931. Includes references to human sacrifice.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1932
- Acquisition notes
- Af1932,0516.1 to 41 is a collection made by Roy C Abrahams (see biography), and was given by the Wukari Native Administration in Makurdi, Benue Province, for which he was working as Government Anthropologist. It was recorded as a "series of religious cult objects mainly of the Mba Tsav secret society of the Tiv (Munshi) tribe, Wukari division, Benue province, Nigeria", and relates to his monograph on the Tiv people published in 1933.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1932,0516.4
