Bowl

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Bowl, collected 1921-30
African, Afikpo Igbo people?

Donated by Miss Mitchell 1953
Museum number 1953-101-1

Collected by Rev John Mitchell Murdoch who served in the Calabar Mission Field. He died in Calabar aged 35 and is buried in the same cemetery as Mary Slessor. The inventory notes that it is a "ju-ju" pot, which suggests it had a ritual use.