Amulet, consisting of iron chain with hide strip at one end and spirally wound hide pendant at the other, worn from the head by men [RTS 1/3/2005].

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, consisting of iron chain with hide strip at one end and spirally wound hide pendant at the other, worn from the head by men [RTS 1/3/2005].
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Karamoja
Cultural groups: Labwor
Person: Field collector Samuel Peach Powell; PRM source Samuel Peach Powell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Wound
Dimensions: Length: max 555 mm, Weight 8.5 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.7.056
Research and responses: The Labwor live on the border between Acholi and Karamoja; Labwor is a dialect of Acholi and the Labwor appear to have adopted much of their lifestyle as well. Presumably they are associated with the area known as the Labwor Hills, a mountain range in northeastern Uganda; the surrounding area is also known as Karamoja after the former name of the district [sources: http://www.country-studies.com/uganda/eastern-nilotic-language-groups.html; http://www.min.uni-kiel.de/petrographie/schenk/ugandaweb/index1.html?/petrographie/schenk/ugandaweb/labwor.html, RTS 9/8/2004].