Carved wooden panel, with 2 V-shaped notches top and bottom. Decorated with one panel of diamond-shaped grooves, one central ellipse and a further two ellipses beneath. There are four small dots around the central ellipse. Each ellipse has a band of notches. [RH [OPS Move] 13/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved wooden panel, with 2 V-shaped notches top and bottom. Decorated with one panel of diamond-shaped grooves, one central ellipse and a further two ellipses beneath. There are four small dots around the central ellipse. Each ellipse has a band of notches. [RH [OPS Move] 13/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Awka Ibom State
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 2318 mm, Depth: max 33 mm, Width: max 565 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1670 Other numbers: 100069

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