A NIGERIAN FUNERAL
RELICS IN COFFIN. In a recent issue of the “Nigerian Daily Times,” published at Lagos, there is recorded the death and funeral of Chief Autowoneugi Legg Jack of Kalailiama, Opobo. The burial rites involved the slaughter of several thousand goats and fowls, and to demonstrate the greatness and wealth of the deceased the following articles were buried with him: — Twenty sovereigns, £lBO in silver coins, 2 iron pots (large), 1 brass bath pan, a number of plates and bowls and other crockery, 1 decanter of best old rum, 8 bottles of whisky, 1 bottle, dry gin, 2 large decanters (empty), 1 box of assorted clothing, 2 rugs, 14 pieces real India Madras, 1 large empty jar, 1 mattress, 3 pillows, 3 hats, a quantity of coral beads, and 48,000 Ma,nillas—equal to £4OO. • When Time and- archaeology dig these, things up again they .will make an odd picture of Nigerian life in 1920 (says the Glasgow “Weekly Herald”). The empty decanters may, indeed,' arouse some unjust suspicion.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GEST19291210.2.19
Bibliographic details
Greymouth Evening Star, 10 December 1929, Page 4
Word Count
169A NIGERIAN FUNERAL Greymouth Evening Star, 10 December 1929, Page 4
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Greymouth Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in