religious/ritual equipment;
pillar
- Museum number
- Af1950,45.184
- Description
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Pillar; Eku fertility artefact made of clay. Cylindrical with facial features in black ink on one side. Some applied elements; painted brown.
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 13 centimetres
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Width: 10.50 centimetres
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Depth: 13 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register comment by W B Fagg on Af1950,45.177 to 186, all being fragments of sun-dried clay pillars: "Eku fertility pillars, made by girls during initiation ceremonies, probably near Ndelle, Igbo SE Nigeria. See 'Some Nigerian Fertlity Cults', pp.82-98 and fig.37".
ADD Inked face possibly added at later date, possibly by Talbot [John Picton]
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; single fragment; several mssing elements.
- Acquisition date
- 1950
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1950,45.184