- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Leaf, used for divination ceremonies. For the associated wooden folder and leaves see records 1946.6.83 .1 - .160 [ASh [OPS move] 28/3/2017]
- Long description
- Leaf, used for divination ceremonies. The leaf is incised with the cut out decoration of a rectangle near to the flat edge and four vertical slits beneath this rectangle. For the associated wooden folder and leaves see records 1946.6.83 .1 - .160. [ASh [OPS move] 28/3/2017]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1946
- Date collected
- By 1946
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1946
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Leaf, Process Incised, Process Openwork
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 1 mm, Width: max 44 mm, Length: max 56 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1946.6.83.88 Other numbers: 89
- Research and responses
Additional references provided by David Zeitlyn: Gufler, H. 1999. Witchcraft Beliefs among the Yamba (Cameroon). Anthropos 94, 181-98; Gufler, H. 1996. Yamba Spider Divination. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford (JASO) 26, 43-67. [AP 24/9/2001]
Ambatch is a type of leguminous shrub found through many parts of Africa, including the Sudan; it to between 4 and 6 metres high and grows in river shallows, producing a very light, spongy wood that was often used for rafts and parry shields. Its botanical name is Aeschynomene sp. [source: http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/B1AB.HTM; RTS 10/1/2005].
Search terms: Specimen, Divination Religion, Plant, Divination Accessory
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