Anuak necklet
Accession Number:
1936.10.70
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Cultural Group:
Anywaa [Anuak]
Date Made:
By 1936
Materials:
Plant Seed , Plant Fibre
Process:
Perforated , Strung , Twisted , Tied
Dimensions:
Max L [string, doubled up] = 270 mm Max Diam [beads] = 9 mm Max L [beads] = 9 mm Max Diam [hole] = 1 mm
Weight:
23.1 g
Other Owners:
Presumably collected by Evans-Pritchard during his period of fieldwork amongst the Anuak between early March and May 1935 [RTS 18/6/2004].
Field Collector:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1936
Collected Date:
March - May 1935
Description:
Short necklet made from 66 seeds, each roughly spherical in shape with vertically fluted bodies.
The outer surface is a dark brown colour (Pantone 7532C); this has worn away in places, exposing a lighter brown beneath (Pantone 7507C).
Some of the seeds have split along their length, exposing a dark brown kernel inside.
The beads are of roughly similar dimensions, with diameters of 9 mm and lengths also of 9 mm.
Each bead has been perforated with a tiny thread hole, about 1 mm in diameter, and strung onto a single cord of twisted brown plant fibre (Pantone 727C), possibly cotton.
This has been fastened at the top with a double knot.
The necklace is complete, and measures 270 mm in length, with a weight of 23.1 grams.
Collected by E.E. Evans-Pritchard during his fieldwork amongst the Anuak, which took place between early March and May 1935 (E.E. Evans-Pritchard, 1940, The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, p. 3).
These seeds come from the Lango tree, which is said to have been introduced into the Sudan from Ethiopia by the Anuak. For other examples, see 1936.10.71-72.
This object is currently on display in the Lower Gallery, case 106A.
Rachael Sparks 25/9/2005.
Collected by E.E. Evans-Pritchard during his fieldwork amongst the Anuak, which took place between early March and May 1935 (E.E. Evans-Pritchard, 1940, The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, p. 3).
These seeds come from the Lango tree, which is said to have been introduced into the Sudan from Ethiopia by the Anuak. For other examples, see 1936.10.71-72.
This object is currently on display in the Lower Gallery, case 106A.
Rachael Sparks 25/9/2005.
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: [p.
416] [insert] 70-72 [end insert] - [One of] 3 Necklet of strung seeds of the Lango tree (introduced by the ANUAK from Abyssinia).
ANUAK.
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 30/1/2004].
Old Pitt Rivers Museum label - 3 Necklets of seeds of the Lango tree, introduced by the Anuak from Abyssinia. ANUAK, E. SUDAN. d.d. E. Evans Pritchard, 1936 [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/6/2005]
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 30/1/2004].
Old Pitt Rivers Museum label - 3 Necklets of seeds of the Lango tree, introduced by the Anuak from Abyssinia. ANUAK, E. SUDAN. d.d. E. Evans Pritchard, 1936 [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/6/2005]
