Sacrifice stone
Mumuye · Nigeria
Reference: PDR-11
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- Height
- 11 cm
- Material
- Sandstone.
Small and rare stone depicting a character with his hands together in the chest, under the big head, in imploratory attitude. It certainly belongs to the…
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Full original description
Small and rare stone depicting a character with his hands together in the chest, under the big head, in imploratory attitude. It certainly belongs to the Vabong initiatic society. These stones, like the black stone next to which they hide the bovine masks, mark the place of sacrifice. And as Maesen tells us next to them they celebrate the sacrifices during the propitiatory rites destined for hunting or gathering. They also serve as the seat for the administration of justice and have apotropaic virtues, these stones are charged with the power to heal.
This stone, of dark patina, presents several flakes possibly caused by the tool, hoe, plow or picket, of the person who found it, something frequent in the figures that appear in the fields,
Further technical information
- Width
- 7 cm
- Attributed period
- Century XIX or earlier.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Nigeria. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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