| 单词 | nomoli |
| 释义 | ‖ nomoli|ˈnɒmɒlɪ|
Also nomori, numori.
[Mende.]
(See quots.)
1910T. J. Alldridge Transformed Colony xxix. facing p. 286 (caption) Numori... Steatite figures found in caves and supposed to be of very great antiquity. 1925T. N. Goddard Handbk. Sierra Leone iii. iii. 56 Another superstition of much interest is that associated with the steatite stone figures known locally as ‘Nomori’... A Nomori is venerated for its supernatural powers and the good luck it is supposed to bring. 1926F. W. H. Migeod View Sierra Leone xiv. 180 Owing to the demand of Europeans for steatite images which, of unknown origin, have frequently been dug up in various parts of Mende country, the manufacture of them has begun again... Their name in Mende is Nomoli. 1951K. L. Little Mende of Sierra Leone xi. 223 The steatite nomoli which the farmer turns up when he is hoeing in old bush are looked upon as the genii's handiwork and can be used to make the rice prosper. 1954R. Lewis Sierra Leone xvii. 161 Small soapstone figures of men and animals called Nomoli, which are found only in Sierra Leone, are not the artistic productions of any existing tribe, though they are greatly valued as bringers of good luck and fertility; at the time of planting rice they are whipped to make them ‘work’. They are, apparently, the handi⁓work of an earlier bush culture and are found in the gravel of rivers or in the bush. They have, however, been convincingly counterfeited by Mende craftsmen for European collectors. 1961Times 12 Aug. 10/5 Called ‘Nomoli’ by the Mende, these [figures] are credited with a supernatural origin. |
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