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| Image number: | 334 |
| Feature : | wood carving |
| Grouping : | culture |
| Discipline : | arts & architecture |
| Year : | 1972 |
| Locality : | Yakoko - Mumuye |
| Country : | Nigeria |
| Region - tribe : | Shebshi Mountains |
| Physiographic region : | West-African rain belt |
| Notice : | Wood carving for sculptures used in djudju (djoudjou, juju, joujou) ceremonies and traditions is currently done amongst Mumuye people in the northern plains of the Shebsi Mountains. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1972 Image 334. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |