- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Small pottery bowl for offerings to the ghosts of ancestors.
- Cultural groups
- Ejagham
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1914
- Date collected
- By 1914
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1914
- Materials and processes
- Material Pottery
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1914.26.49
- Research and responses
According to Keith Nicklin's entry in the Grove Dictionary of Art Online: 'The Ejagham are often referred to in the literature as 'Ekoi', a derogatory name used by the Efik, that has now largely been abandoned by scholars. The old designation 'Ekoi' is often extended to those of their neighbours - including the Yako and Mbembe to the west, Bokyi to the north, Widekum to the north-east and Bangwa to the east - who have adopted aspects of Ejagham ritual and material culture. The Ejagham are thus not a single 'tribe' or ethno-linguistic group but, rather, a loose confederation or congeries of peoples sharing major cultural features but with distinct socio-political systems.' [for full article see Nicklin, Keith. "Ejagham." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 May. 2013. http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T025751. [ZM 02/05/2013]
Search terms: Vessel, Pottery, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Bowl, Religious Object, Ceremonial Object
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