Bari leg ornament
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Accession Number:
1940.7.018
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Terakeka
Cultural Group:
Bari
Date Made:
By 1940
Materials:
Iron Metal
Process:
Forged (Metal) , Hammered , Bent , Decorated , Incised , Perforated
Dimensions:
Ext. diam = 93 by 90, int. diam = 86.2 by 77.8, W body = 11.3, th body = 3.4, diam hole = 6, w gap between ends = 2 mm [RTS 28/2/2005].
Weight:
75.5 g
Other Owners:
Samuel P. Powell
Field Collector:
Samuel P. Powell
PRM Source:
Samuel P. Powell
Acquired:
Loaned July 1940
Collected Date:
By 1940
Description:
Penannular leg ornament made from an iron bar with rectangular section that tapers to either end.
This has been bent into a slightly oval ring, with the ends doubled over and hammered back against the body to form 2 open loops, leaving a small gap of 2 mm between.
A hole has been punched through the body, on the side directly opposite this gap, with the blow being directed from the outer surface, creating a hole that narrows and becomes slightly distorted in shape at its base.
This hole is not quite centred.
The anklet has been decorated with two rows of incised oblique lines, chiselled into the upper and lower edges; this has forced the metal to spread slightly at this point.
The object is complete and intact, and is currently a metallic gray colour (Pantone 877C), with traces of red ochre in many of the incisions and around the ends (Pantone 477C).
There are signs of wear around the inside surface, particularly on one edge near the hole; this might suggest something was tied through the hole at some point.
It has a weight of 75.5 grams, and measures 93 by 90 mm across the external diameter, 86.2 by 77.8 across the internal diameter, with a body width of 11.3 mm and a thickness of 3.4 mm.
The hole has a diameter of 3.4 mm at the top.
This object was collected by Samuel P. Powell at Terakeka, and loaned to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1940. It was worn by women as a leg ornament; for another example, see 1940.7.019, and for 2 unfinished versions, not yet bent into a circle, see 1940.7.020-021.
Rachael Sparks 14/9/2005.
This object was collected by Samuel P. Powell at Terakeka, and loaned to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1940. It was worn by women as a leg ornament; for another example, see 1940.7.019, and for 2 unfinished versions, not yet bent into a circle, see 1940.7.020-021.
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.
1940.7.018 - Woman's iron leg ornament - TEREKKA.
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 12/2/2004].
Related Documents File - Appears on undated typed list: "Bari Collection from the Equatorial Province, Sudan" with handwritten insert: "1940.7.018-21 Iron leg ornaments". List is annotated by hand on back: "List of Curios" and "Far from complete" [RTS 16/12/2003].
Pitt Rivers Museum label - Woman's leg ornament, BARI Terekka S. Sudan. S.P. Powell [brown luggage tag, tied to object; RTS 28/2/2005] 1940.7.018 [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/10/2005]
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 12/2/2004].
Related Documents File - Appears on undated typed list: "Bari Collection from the Equatorial Province, Sudan" with handwritten insert: "1940.7.018-21 Iron leg ornaments". List is annotated by hand on back: "List of Curios" and "Far from complete" [RTS 16/12/2003].
Pitt Rivers Museum label - Woman's leg ornament, BARI Terekka S. Sudan. S.P. Powell [brown luggage tag, tied to object; RTS 28/2/2005] 1940.7.018 [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/10/2005]
