Wand of wood with two horns, for controlling locusts. [MJD 21/11/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wand of wood with two horns, for controlling locusts. [MJD 21/11/2012]
Long description: Wand of wood with two horns, for controlling locusts. The wand is a two pronged stick [.1] with bark removed in patches. There are two brown horns, one containing wood shavings with a hole drilled through the tip [.2] and one with a hole drilled through the tip with no contents [.3]. There is a flat pellet of organic material [.4]. There are two lengths of string; one of twisted plant fibre [.5] and a length of 2-ply cord made from hair [.6]. [MJD 21/11/2012]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of; Darfur
Person: Field collector Anthony John Arkell; PRM source Anthony John Arkell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: 1934 - 1936
Acquisition information: Donated: 1954
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Horn, Material Plant Root, Material Plant Fibre, Material Hair, Process Carved, Process Tied, Process Twisted, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter 30 mm, Length 137 mm, Length 132 mm, Length: max 643 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1954.5.108.1 Accession number: 1954.5.108.2 Accession number: 1954.5.108.3 Accession number: 1954.5.108.4 Accession number: 1954.5.108.5 Accession number: 1954.5.108.6 Other numbers: 37D.153