- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Copper coin 'Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft, 1892'. [ASh [OPS move] 9/5/2017]
- Long description
- Copper metal German coin 'Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft, 1892'. Legend in Persian within wreath on the obverse and a Coat-of-arms within a collar, all upon crowned imperial eagle on the reverse. For the other divination objects please see 1958.11.71 .1 - .71 [ASh [OPS move] 9/5/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Pangani
- Cultural groups
- Zigula
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1958
- Date collected
- From 1951-1958
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1958
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Metal, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 1 mm, Diameter: max 24 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1958.11.71.61
Search terms: Divination Religion, Bag, Vessel, Punishment and Torture, Medicine, Currency, Divination Accessory, Coin
Further items to explore
1958.11.70.37Safety razor blade, wrapped in a rectangular plain paper packet. [ASh [OPS move] 28/4/2017]1958.11.70.37
2004.87.1Stitched leather bag, decorated with incised linear designs, containing ?written pages of paper. The bag is closed by an integral lid which comes down over the front of the bag in a tapering flap.2004.87.1
1958.11.57"Medicine horn", possibly a reproduction, decorated with 25 hide rings.1958.11.57
1946.6.83.143Leaf, used for divination ceremonies. For the associated wooden folder and leaves see records 1946.6.83 .1 - .160 [ASh [OPS move] 29/3/2017]1946.6.83.143
1971.34.88Gourd with perforation surrounded by black resinous material. [FB 04/06/2015]1971.34.88
1904.55.13Brush of plant fibre strips bound at the handle end with a band of the same strips and two bands of plaited cane. [El.B 28/02/2008]1904.55.13
1958.11.2.38Mkaramo clay figure. Cylindrical figure, slightly wider at the base. Two prominent and pointed breasts. No distinction between the head and the body. A horizontal line across the face, representing a mouth. [BH [OPS Move] 21/4/2017]1958.11.2.38
1958.11.2.86Mkaramo clay figure. Roughly cylindrical figure that restricts slightly between the roughly ovoid head, and the main body. Flared, flat, and circular base, with no legs. Two prominent, roundly pointed projections representing breasts or arms. One prominent semicircular ear, the other missing. [IL [OPS Move] 25/4/2017]1958.11.2.86