Wooden chewing stick
- Made:
- 1890-1930
Wooden chewing stick, slender strip of wood, flat, surmounted by ornate carved top, fretwork, tied to the "Eku Riku" (see R5472/1936) , part of medicine man's equipment, Southern Nigeria, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658205
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- chewing stick
- credit:
- Jeffreys, M.D.W.
