Amulet of a fruit pod on a long cord. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet of a fruit pod on a long cord. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]
Long description: Amulet consisting of a fruit, which is black in colour. Bound at either end with twisted plant fibre cords, which have been knotted together to create a necklace. Please note that 1921.9.169 is also joined to this necklet but has been treated as a separate object. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Western Region [Hoima, Kibale, Masindi districts] / Bunyoro-Kitara
Cultural groups: Nyoro
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: circa 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fruit, Material Plant Fibre, Process Twisted, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Depth: max 35 mm fruit, Width: max 34 mm fruit, Length: max 99 mm fruit
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.168
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

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