Unidentified bronze casting. The object is tubular and flares at one end. It has two semi-circular perforated lugs. There is a spiral ring with an expanded head at one end loosely wound round the middle portion, incised with oblique lines. Part of the main tube is also incised with transverse lines. [JC [OPS Move] 23/2/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Unidentified bronze casting. The object is tubular and flares at one end. It has two semi-circular perforated lugs. There is a spiral ring with an expanded head at one end loosely wound round the middle portion, incised with oblique lines. Part of the main tube is also incised with transverse lines. [JC [OPS Move] 23/2/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Akwa Ibom State
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: ?1932
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Bronze Metal, Process Cast, Process Incised
Dimensions: Diameter: max 27 mm, Length: max 75 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1112 Other numbers: 18

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