Amulet, consisting of a horn with numerous attachments. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, consisting of a horn with numerous attachments. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]
Long description: Horn ‘fetish’ or amulet with strips of animal skin, with hair upon them, tied to the horn, a small iron pellet-bell and a number of cowrie shells. [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 Animal Horn, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Hair, Process Tied, Process Dried, Process Strung
Dimensions: Depth: max 95 mm, Length: max 320 mm, Width: max 135 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.170
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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