Nuer finger spike
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Accession Number:
1936.10.12
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Cultural Group:
Nuer
Date Made:
By 1936
Materials:
Aluminium Metal
Dimensions:
L = 112.5 mm, Diam = 2.5 mm, L across finger ring 30.5 mm [RTS 22/3/2004].
Weight:
3.4 g
Other Owners:
This object was probably collected in 1935 or 1936, when Evans-Pritchard held a research fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust (see E.E. Evans-Pritchard, 1940, The Nuer) [RTS 28/9/2004].
Field Collector:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1936
Collected Date:
1935 - 1936
Description:
Aluminium finger ring, made from a round sectioned rod.
This has been cut flat at one end and bent into an oval loop to fit over the finger; it continues outward from this in a long, concave curve, that tapers to a point at the other end.
The surface is very irregular and covered in hammer marks.
Complete and intact, with some cuts in the surface.
The metal is in good condition, currently a silver gray colour (Pantone 421C).
It has a length of 112.5 mm, the diameter of the rod is 2.5 mm, the length across the exterior of the ring loop is 30.5 mm and the inner length of the ring loop 24.6 mm.
The ring is very light, weighing only 3.4 grams.
This object was collected by Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard when he held a research fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust (see E.E. Evans-Pritchard, 1940, The Nuer ), either during May to July 1935, when he worked amongst the Nuer Lou and Eastern Jikany, or from October to November 1936, when he was working amongst the Karlual section of the Nuer Leek, in Western Nuerland (pers. comm. Chris Morton 2004).
This ring was used as a fighting weapon.
Currently on display in the Upper Gallery, case 26A.
Rachael Sparks 18/9/2005.
This object was collected by Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard when he held a research fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust (see E.E. Evans-Pritchard, 1940, The Nuer ), either during May to July 1935, when he worked amongst the Nuer Lou and Eastern Jikany, or from October to November 1936, when he was working amongst the Karlual section of the Nuer Leek, in Western Nuerland (pers. comm. Chris Morton 2004).
This ring was used as a fighting weapon.
Currently on display in the Upper Gallery, case 26A.
Rachael Sparks 18/9/2005.
Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry
[p.
410] - 1936 [insert] 10 [end insert] E.
EVANS-PRITCHARD, M.A., Exeter College, Oxford.
- Specimens collected by himself in the EASTERN SUDAN, while travelling with a Grant from the
Rockefeller
Leverhulme Trustees, viz: [insert] 12 [end insert] - Finger-ring with long, curved point, used as a fighting weapon.
Made of alluminium [sic].
NUER.
Additional Accession Book Entry [p. 409] - 1936.10.12 No given AP [red biro] A20 F10 34.
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the tribes catalogue card [RTS 23/7/2004].
Old Pitt Rivers Museum label - Fighting finger-ring. NUER, E. SUDAN. d.d. E. Evans-Pritchard, 1936. Made of aluminium. [Tied to object; RTS 23/3/2004].
Additional Accession Book Entry [p. 409] - 1936.10.12 No given AP [red biro] A20 F10 34.
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the tribes catalogue card [RTS 23/7/2004].
Old Pitt Rivers Museum label - Fighting finger-ring. NUER, E. SUDAN. d.d. E. Evans-Pritchard, 1936. Made of aluminium. [Tied to object; RTS 23/3/2004].
Display History:
Formerly on display in Upper Gallery Case 75A (display number 32); currently on display in Upper Gallery Case 26A [RTS 12/3/2004].
