Description (Labels & Markings)
Note found inside the jug, probably written by G.I. Jones:[Typescript]: 'This jug was used to pour libations at the shrine of Nuetchetara Juju (Aba division E. Nigeria)./ What I'd like to know is it's approximate traded date which would give me some idea of when it was traded to West Africa./ The Juju as of the type know as Judicial Oracle and was invoked by people to prove the truth of their statement- by causing them to die within a month if they were perjuring themselves.'
[Added later in pencil in GI Jones' hand], 'The jug was probably made in the 18th century'

Written on reverse in ballpoint pen, 'Note inside about jug'.
Event Date
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (Acquisition Details)
Given by F.E. (Bob) Welburne (executor), following the death of his mother-in-law Ursula Jones, widow of the collector, G.I. Jones.
Event Date 4/6/2015
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Green glazed Toby jug, with handle. Possibly from the eighteenth century.
Event Date 4/6/2015
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by anthropologist and colonial officer G.I. Jones who noted that the jug was used to pour libations at the shrine of Nuetchetara Juju, in the Aba division, East Nigeria.
Event Date 10/9/2021
Author: rachel hand