Talk:Nsude pyramid shrines

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any tips to improve the page? Totsmeimme (talk) 16:37, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Can we find more info on Luke Walter?
All the information I can find on him at the moment is the claim that he found the Pyramids ... it seems rather inadiquite to me. It'd be great if someone could find some information on him. Ipeaf (talk) 21:20, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


 * @Ipeaf And I can't find a reliable source for that. Doug Weller  talk 11:12, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

These are called pyramid shrines by their photographer, Jones
@Ipeaf. Doug Weller talk 11:14, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

1935 article by Kenneth C Murray dating them to early 30s
"Two years ago the local Dibia, 7.e., mystic or witchdoctor, informed the priest of Uto, a genial old man, that Uto had told the Dibia that it wanted the people of Nsude to erect ten Nkpuru (pyramids) in its honour andas a sign to all and sundry that Uto is a great juju and lord and master of Nsude." "Two years ago when the ten pyramids were erected it was found that when the lower platform or Nkpuruhad been built there was plenty of room for a second Nkpuru, which was therefore built on the top of the first. A third Nkpuru wasbuilt on top of the second, and so on until there was only room for a small cone in the centre of the fourth Nkpuruor platform." (1935). Nsude Pyramids. The Nigerian Field 4 (2). Vol 04(2), pp. 82-85. Doug Weller talk 11:29, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Earlier source by George Basden
"In the neighbourhood of Ngwo, Nsude and Agbaja Owa in the Udi Division, at intervals, the people construct quaint circular pyramids. Clay is used for the purpose. The bases are about sixty feet in circumference and two to three feet in height. Then another section is laid about forty-five feet in circumference and so on until the pinnacle is reached. They are erected to the honour of “ Ala ” and to indicate ownership of land. Two rows of five are built parallel to one another which means that “ Ala ” gives children with the right hand and the left. The god (or goddess) dwells in the pinnacle and, thus, is in a position to detect any person committing evil. Such a person will be caught by the god and secured with shackles ; these are represented by small sticks inserted in the clay near the tops of the pyramids." P.109 This is the book Among the Ibos of Nigeria An Account of the Curious & Interesting Habits, customs, & Beliefs of a Little Known African People by One who Has for Many Years Lived Amongst Them on Close & Intimate Terms. 1921 This doesn't of course contradict my source above, just shows that these are earlier. Doug Weller talk 16:20, 9 September 2023 (UTC)