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1921.49.7

Metal spike with wooden ball hung with chains at the top. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 13/10/2010]

1921.49.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Metal spike with wooden ball hung with chains at the top. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 13/10/2010]
Long description
Metal spike with wooden ball hung with chains at the top. The staff has a metal point and wooden section covered with a light brown coloured reptile skin. The wooden ball has 14 iron chains attached to metal hoops around the circumference. 11 of the chains have copper alloy coin pendants. The coins are struck with the Arabic year 1223. There is a plaited loop of hide tied to shaft. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 13/10/2010]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Charles Steele Murchison Bompas
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1921
Date collected
By 1921
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Reptile Skin, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Carved, Process Socketed, Process Stitched, Process Nailed, Process Struck, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Width: max 115 mm, Length: max 588 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.49.7
Research and responses

Possible identity for this donor given in biographies [AP 03/08/2009]

Search terms: Punishment and Torture, Religion, Staff, Punishment Device