Imatong bell

Imatong bell


Accession Number:
[1940.7.086]
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan] [Al Istiwa'iyah] [Equatoria] Eastern Equatoria ?Jebel Imatong
Cultural Group:
[Imatong]
Date Made:
By 1940
Materials:
Iron Metal
Other Owners:
Samuel P. Powell
Field Collector:
Samuel P. Powell
PRM Source:
Samuel P. Powell
Acquired:
Loaned July 1940
Collected Date:
By 1940
Description:
Small iron bell worn by very young girls as a waist ornament, hanging down the front.

Collected by Samuel P. Powell from the modern administrative district of Eastern Equatoria, and
loaned to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1940. It came from the 'Imatong tribe', who are presumably a group located somewhere around Jebel Imatong, a mountain peak in Southeastern Sudan, south of Torit.

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. [p. 313] From the IMATONG TRIBE. EQUATORIAL PROVINCE, ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN. 1940.7.086 - Small iron bell worn by very young girls as a sporran.

Related Documents File - Appears on undated typed list: "Imatong ... small bell worn by the very young girls as a sporran". List is annotated by hand on back: "List of Curios" and "Far from complete" [RTS 16/12/2003].



 
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