One of a pair of jinging knee garters. Made from nut shells cut in half and pierced at top. Threaded in pairs onto fibre twisted cord which is knotted at the end to secure shells. This cord is plaited into the main pait of fibre which ties around the leg, the plait is bent back double so that at one end of the nuts there is a loop at the other end the two ends. The ends are threaded through the loop to attach the rattle to the leg. [HLR]

Collection type: Object
Description: One of a pair of jinging knee garters. Made from nut shells cut in half and pierced at top. Threaded in pairs onto fibre twisted cord which is knotted at the end to secure shells. This cord is plaited into the main pait of fibre which ties around the leg, the plait is bent back double so that at one end of the nuts there is a loop at the other end the two ends. The ends are threaded through the loop to attach the rattle to the leg. [HLR]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Cross River Aro
Cultural groups: Ibibio
Person: Field collector W. E. Aston-Smith; PRM source W. E. Aston-Smith; PRM source Marjorie Perham
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: By 1936
Acquisition information: Donated: 1936
Materials and processes: Material Plant Nut-shell, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Perforated, Process Twisted, Process Knotted, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Depth: max 115 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 300 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1936.5.10.1

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