Sacred wand, consisting of a wooden core decorated with glass beads and cowrie shells. [ASh [OPS move] 5/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sacred wand, consisting of a wooden core decorated with glass beads and cowrie shells. [ASh [OPS move] 5/5/2017]
Long description: Sacred wand, consisting of a wooden, cylindrical core with a bark cloth covering. Rows of cowrie shells have been stitched onto the bark cloth covering with the very end culminating in numerous bands of blue and red glass beads with a single central cowrie shell on the tip. [ASh [OPS move] 5/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Cultural groups: Nkole
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: January 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 02/1921
Materials and processes: Material Cowrie Shell, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Bead, Material Glass, Material Wood Plant, Process Beadwork, Process Beaten, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Diameter: max 85 mm, Length: max 1205 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.39
Research and responses: Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8