Cylindrical bundle made from a rolled up length of hide with animal hair still attached, used as a pillow and treasure bundle [RTS 17/5/2005].

Collection type: Object
Description: Cylindrical bundle made from a rolled up length of hide with animal hair still attached, used as a pillow and treasure bundle [RTS 17/5/2005].
Long description: Length of yellowish brown animal hide (Pantone 7507C), with orange, buff and black hair still attached. This has been folded so that the hair faces to the inside, and then rolled inwards from either end with the two halves meeting in a seam that runs down the centre of the length. The bundle was then secured with 2 narrow strips of hide tied around the body at either end; one of these is securely knotted, while the other is more loosely linked. It is not known whether this particular bundle contains any personal items, but it is complete in itself, although with a small hole in the outer layer of hide on one side. It has a weight of 451.9 grams and is 270 mm long, 106.3 mm wide and 79.6 mm thick, while the ties are 7.6 mm wide and 2.7 mm thick [RTS 17/5/2005].
Geographical reference: South Sudan
Africa > Eastern Africa > South Sudan
Cultural groups: Anywaa (Anuak)
Person: Field collector Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard; PRM source Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: March - May 1935
Acquisition information: Donated: 1936
Materials and processes: Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Hair, Process Rolled, Process Tied, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Depth: max 90 mm, Width: max 120 mm, Length: max 270 mm, Weight 451.9 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1936.10.57
Research and responses: Evans-Pritchard conducted his fieldwork amongst the Anuak between early March and May 1935 (E.E. Evans-Pritchard, 1940, The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, p. 3) [RTS 22/3/2004].

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Headrest, Furniture