Gourd with phallic projection

Made:
1890-1925 in Cameroon

Gourd with phallic projection, symbol of the harvest god Eja, while the bowl represents the womb of his wife Ekumoke, Ekoi, maker, Cameroons, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652574
Materials:
gourd, cane, wood, bone, mandible, human, leather and skin
type:
effigy
credit:
Talbot, J.A.