Accession No
Z 14147.3
Description
Ebu. A thin walking stick or staff with carved decoration. The lower two-thirds of the stick is carved with grooves to represent stacked rings. The top has incised diamond and zig-zag motifs, with four slits cut through one section to create a hollow chamber.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Edo State; Otuo [Otua]
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Professor) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 14147.3; 2640
Cultural Affliation
Edo; Ghotuo
Material
Wood
Local Term
ebu
Measurements
15mm x 15mm x 845mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Luggage tag attached with string reads: '2640 | Rattle (olopia) / Otua.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria. [T.Cotterill]
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
A wooden stick carved with spiral pattern and cross-hatching. Small knob at one end, slit in wood below this. [T.Cadbury]
Event Date 14/11/2003
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020
Event Date 21/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
A thin walking stick or staff with carved decoration. The lower two-thirds of the stick is carved with grooves to represent stacked rings. The top has incised diamond and zig-zag motifs, with four slits cut through one section to create a hollow chamber.
Event Date 21/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Production / use)
The slits cut into the shaft are reminiscent of those on staffs Z 20317 to Z 20341 which are made to hold a rattling element. There may have originally been a rattle inside this staff, or it may simply be carved to represent this.
Event Date 21/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:281035
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