Brass object, possibly an animal figure in a conventionalised style. It has a rounded, tapering body and four short legs. [JC [OPS Move] 16/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Brass object, possibly an animal figure in a conventionalised style. It has a rounded, tapering body and four short legs. [JC [OPS Move] 16/6/2017]
Long description: Brass object, possibly an animal figure in a conventionalised style. It comprises a roughly cylindrical body, widening and flattening towards one end, and tapering to a rounded tip at the other. There are four, short, cylindrical feet on the underside. There are two raised brass bands at either end and two curving rods placed crosswise over the tapered end, all incised with transverse lines. The main body is decorated with a series of stamped triangle designs, with a central band formed of an incised grid and incised saltire designs. [JC [OPS Move] 16/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Anambra Onitsha Akwa Ibom State
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: December 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Process Incised, Process Stamped, Process Cast
Dimensions: Height: max 50 mm, Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 198 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.717 Other numbers: 312