- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Clay Mkaramo figure. An off-centre, tapering cylinder with a rounded head and flared base. Probably phallic. [BA [OPS Move] 10/7/2017]
- Long description
- Mkaramo figure used to teach morals to boys in puberty rituals. [BA [OPS Move] 10/7/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Pangani
- Cultural groups
- Zigula
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1958
- Date collected
- From 1951-1958
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1958
- Dimensions
- Width: max 26 mm, Height: max 57 mm, Depth: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1958.11.3.129 Other numbers: [male symbol] 195 715
- Research and responses
Figurines from Tanganyika reads : ... [See 1958.11.3.1 for full entry] ...[Retrospective number:] 715 [male symbol] 195. Fukuza. Boy who makes love even to his relatives is chased away.
Search terms: Children and Childcare, Ritual and Ceremonial, Figure, Pottery, Ceremonial Object, Religious Object, Prayer Object
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