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Soul Container (Eraminhô)
Unknownlate 19th or early 20th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Soul Container "Eraminho" or "Orebok Ocoto"of wood, cloth and metal. Human, wooden based head, with tubular body. Figure covered with cloth, which is covered with patination. Two strands of patinated metal chains around neck. CONDITION: Chain around neck corroded as well as the greenstone eyes. Left side of head partially bared to the wood.
Details
- Title: Soul Container (Eraminhô)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: late 19th or early 20th century
- Location Created: Bijagós Islands, Ihla de Orango Grande, Guinea-Bissau
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: Gift of Ruth R. Gross
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/98031/Soul_Container_Eraminh%C3%B4
- Medium: Wood, earth, crushed plant materials, copper alloy chain, sacrificial materials
- Dimensions: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
- Culture: Bijagó
- Collection: Arts of Africa
- Accession number: 71.176.4
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