Sacrificial pot

African

British Museum

Sacrificial pot from the Ruanzore Mountains. Designed for use in human sacrifices, to pour libations of blood to the four winds. Brought from Africa by the explorer John E. Salvin Moore.

• Medium: terracotta
• ArtFunded in: 1955
• Presented by O J S Moore through The Art Fund

Provenance

John E. Salvin Moore; by descent to Mr O.J.S. Moore.

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