Clay Mkaramo figure. A tapering cylinder with a rounded head. Probably phallic. There is a tiny nub of clay attached to the side above the base, which may or may not be deliberate. [BA [OPS Move] 6/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Clay Mkaramo figure. A tapering cylinder with a rounded head. Probably phallic. There is a tiny nub of clay attached to the side above the base, which may or may not be deliberate. [BA [OPS Move] 6/7/2017]
Long description: Mkaramo figure used to teach morals to boys in puberty rituals. [BA [OPS Move] 6/7/2017]
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: Height: max 56 mm, Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 21 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1958.11.3.94 Other numbers: [male symbol] 160 670
Research and responses: Figurines from Tanganyika reads : ... [See 1958.11.3.1 for full entry] ...[Retrospective number:] 670 [male symbol] 160. Baradi. Good boy carefully tends his father’s property, without special instruction.