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1933.93.72

Jaw bones bound with string and cowries, covered in a red clay known as inchuma.

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1933.93.72

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Collection type
Object
Description
Jaw bones bound with string and cowries, covered in a red clay known as inchuma.
Geographical reference
Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Northern
Cultural groups
Asante
Person
Field collector S.C. Sinclair
Field collector George Evelyn Sinclair
PRM source S.C. Sinclair
PRM source George Evelyn Sinclair
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1933
Materials and processes
Material String, Material Animal Bone, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Clay, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.93.72
Research and responses

This object was examined by Fiona Savage (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA). The visit took place 30/09/2015. [NC 14/12/2015]

Search terms: Religion, Status, Animalia, Religious Object, Animal Part, Shell