Bari purse

Bari purse


Accession Number:
[1940.7.014]
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan] [Al Istiwa'iyah] [Equatoria] Bahr el Jebel
Cultural Group:
Bari
Date Made:
By 1940
Materials:
Bead , Animal Skin
Process:
Beadwork
Local Name:
locumboro
Other Owners:
Samuel P. Powell
Field Collector:
Samuel P. Powell
PRM Source:
Samuel P. Powell
Acquired:
Loaned July 1940
Collected Date:
By 1940
Description:
Beaded skin purse, worn by all women hanging down behind, from a belt. It is known in Bari as locumboro.

This object was collected by Samuel P. Powell somewhere in the modern administrative district of Bahr el Jebel, and loaned to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1940.

Rachael Sparks 14/9/2005.

Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry [Loans II, p. 308] - ESTATE OF S.P. POWELL, C/O N.H. HASLAM, Esq. Manager, Westminster Bank, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Collected by himself. Data from his labels and notes. From the BARI TRIBE, EQUATORIAL PROVINCE, ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN. 1940.7.014 - beaded skin purse, worn by all women on the belt behind ( locumboro) .

Card Catalogue Entry - A.E. SUDAN, EQUATORIAL PROVINCE, BARI TRIBE. 1940.7/014. Beaded goatskin purse, worn by all women on the belt behind ( locumboro ). S.P. Powell coll. Lent by his executors.

Related Documents File - Appears on undated typed list: "Bari Collection from the Equatorial Province, Sudan ... The Locumboro, which is a beaded leather purse, worn on the belt behind". List is annotated by hand on back: "List of Curios" and "Far from complete" [RTS 16/12/2003].



 
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