Sculpture
65-42-1
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 65-42-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience | Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made | 19th or 20th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Altar to the Hand (Ikegobo). Solid cylinder of dark wood with handle projecting from top, sides carved with motifs of the hand in relief. Round the sides, reading clockwise from a point nearest to the projection, are a leopard or crocodile head (?), 2 kola nuts, a left hand, a beaker (2 kola nuts, a duiker horn, and a left hand. |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Margaret (Mrs. Webster) Plass, 1965 |
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