Title
Nigerian carved wooden figure
Subject
Objects arriving
Description
Missionaries were not just sent out from Oxford; they also sent things back. These included collections of material created by and for indigenous religions. Such objects provided a record of what Christians had encountered and apparent proof of the triumph of the Church over what they saw as Paganism. They were in that sense both a sort of trophy and a weapon. The Nigerian wooden cult figure now in the Pitt Rivers is a good example of that. It was taken by a missionary following the destruction of a Temple in 1888.
Follow the links to read more about this Carved wooden cult figure with two human faces on pedestal and the Pitt Rivers Museum's 'Critical changes as part of the decolonisation process'.
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Follow the links to read more about this Carved wooden cult figure with two human faces on pedestal and the Pitt Rivers Museum's 'Critical changes as part of the decolonisation process'.
Return to exhibition
Source
Pitt Rivers Museum
Publisher
Museum of Oxford
Rights
Carved wooden cult figure with two human faces on pedestal (1902.9.31) © Pitt Rivers Museum
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Carved wooden figure with two human faces on a pedestal
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