Sceptre · Nigeria, Eket · ID: 3035612
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Provenance
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, SwedenSize
H: 80,5 cm
H: 31.7 inch
Description
wood, encrusted dark brown patina, consisting of various geometrical forms, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, socle;
the Eket are a small ethnic group belonging to the Ibibio. Just like the Ibibio the Eket have an “ekpo” society, a society of soothsayers, called “idiong”, a society named after the god of war “ekong” and the “ogbom” society worshipping the goddess of fertility. Present sceptre presumably was used by the “nyama” society.
Comparing literature
Yale archive No. 0000273 (comparable object)