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1904.34.33

Torque consisting of a thick iron wire partly wound with plain thin wire, partly wound with a strand of two thin wires twisted together. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/6/2005]

1904.34.33

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Collection type
Object
Description
Torque consisting of a thick iron wire partly wound with plain thin wire, partly wound with a strand of two thin wires twisted together. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/6/2005]
Long description
Torque consisting of a thick iron wire partly wound with plain thin wire, partly wound with a strand of two thin wires twisted together. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/6/2005] These are worn by both men and women for everyday decoration. They would be worn as a set (1904.34.31-33) and are still used today. [ThW [Living Cultures Project] 17/3/2021]
Cultural groups
Maasai
Person
Field collector Alfred Claud Hollis
PRM source Alfred Claud Hollis
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1904
Date collected
By 1904
Acquisition information
Donated: 1904
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Process Wound, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Diameter: max 200 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1904.34.33
Research and responses

'These are worn by both men and women for everyday decoration. They would be worn as a set (1904.34.31-33) and are still used today.' The information used to describe this object has been reviewed through a process of consultation with Maasai representatives and community elders as part of The Maasai Living Cultures Project. Living Cultures started in 2017 and is a partnership between Maasai representatives from Tanzania and Kenya, the Pitt Rivers Museum and InsightShare, an Oxford-based NGO. The project is working to represent the history and narratives behind artefacts held in museum collections. Over the course of three years (2017, 2018, 2020) Maasai delegates have visited the museum to discuss how their culture is represented and how the Museum speaks about Maasai communities in its displays, databases, and education programmes.  [ThW [Living Cultures Project] 16/3/2021]

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament

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