1934.8.36

Collection type

Object

Description

Penannular brass finger ring with chevron design punched into outer face [RTS 27/5/2004].

Long description

Penannular brass finger ring made from a narrow bar with triangular section, bent into an almost circular loop with open ends, 1 mm apart. One of these ends has been cut flat, the other looks to have been pinched. The inner face of the ring is flat, and the outer face has a slight ridge running around the centre. This surface has been decorated by punching a series of depressions on either side of this ridge, forming a chevron design. The ring is complete and intact, currently a metallic yellow colour (Pantone 873C), and the surface has been polished. It measures 26 by 25 mm across its outer edges, and 22 by 21 mm across its inside edges; the decorated band is 3 mm wide, and 2.1 thick, with a weight of 3.2 grams [RTS 27/5/2004].

Geographical reference

South Sudan

Africa > Eastern Africa > South Sudan

Azumvuba

Cultural groups

Moru

Person

Field collector Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton

Field collector Hannah Powell-Cotton

PRM source Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1933

Date collected

26th April 1933

Acquisition information

Donated: 1934

Materials and processes

Material Brass Metal, Process Hammered, Process Decorated, Process Punched, Process Polished

Dimensions

Thick: max 2 mm, Diameter: max 22 mm internal, Depth: max 3 mm, Diameter: max 26 mm, Weight 3.2 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1934.8.36 Other numbers: 854

Research and responses

Azumvuba is probably located somewhere around the town of Mongalla, either in the modern districts of Bahr el Jebel or Eastern Equatoria [RTS 11/11/2003].

Search terms: Ornament, Finger Ring