Clay Mkaramo figure. An off-centre, tapering cylinder with a rounded head. Probably phallic. There is an inclusion of a very small stone or different type of clay near the top. [BA [OPS Move] 5/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Clay Mkaramo figure. An off-centre, tapering cylinder with a rounded head. Probably phallic. There is an inclusion of a very small stone or different type of clay near the top. [BA [OPS Move] 5/7/2017]
Long description: Mkaramo figure used to teach morals to boys in puberty rituals. [BA [OPS Move] 5/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of; Pangani
Cultural groups: Zigula
Person: Field collector Ralph Esmond Selby Tanner; PRM source Ralph Esmond Selby Tanner
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1958
Date collected: From 1951-1958
Acquisition information: Donated: 1958
Materials and processes: Material Clay, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Width: max 30 mm, Depth: max 29 mm, Height: max 61 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1958.11.3.39 Other numbers: [male symbol] 105 615
Research and responses: Figurines from Tanganyika reads : ... [See 1958.11.3.1 for full entry] ...[Retrospective number:] 615 [male symbol] 105. Mbaya. Man should not beat his wife or he will get a divorce.