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1942.13.1073.2

Copper pin with flattened circular head. [BS [OPS Move] 21/11/2016]

1942.13.1073.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Copper pin with flattened circular head. [BS [OPS Move] 21/11/2016]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Abia Arochukwu Arochuku
Cultural groups
Igbo
Date
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Copper Metal, Process Beaten
Dimensions
Width: max 5 mm, Length: max 12 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.1073.2 Other numbers: 5955 Other PRM accession number: 1942.13.1073b
Research and responses

Aro, an Igbo (Ibo) subgroup that dominated southeastern Nigeria in the 18th and 19th centuries. [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [AP 4/7/2001] Arochukwu, also spelled Arochuku, town, Abia state, southern Nigeria. ... It was the seat of the sacred Chuku shrine, the source of a much-feared oracle (called Long Juju by the Europeans) that acted as a judge for the Igbo supreme deity (Chuku) [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [AP 5/7/2001]

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