Divination Using Poultry, Marghi, Northeastern Nigeria, 1860
Caption, Gottesgericht der Marghi (literally, Court of God of the Marghi). Shows two men, each holding a rooster; with onlookers. Although this appears to be a cockfight, the caption suggests an ordeal or some other method of divination.
Image Title
Divination Using Poultry, Marghi, Northeastern Nigeria, 1860
RegID
SI-OB-672
Date
1860
Title
Divination Using Poultry, Marghi, Northeastern Nigeria, 1860
Source
Hermann Wagner, Schilderung der Reisen . . .Eduard Vogel in Central-Afrika (Leipzig, 1860), p. 243
Language
German
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Central Savanna
Reproduced In
Hermann Wagner, Schilderung der Reisen . . .Eduard Vogel in Central-Afrika (Leipzig, 1860), p. 243
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
18-Jan-11
Identifier
wag-3