Lotuko finger ring
Other views of this artifact:
Accession Number:
1934.8.78
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Eastern Equatoria Navera
Cultural Group:
Lotuko [Otuho]
Date Made:
By 1933
Materials:
Brass Metal
Process:
Hammered , Bent , Polished
Dimensions:
Max Diam [external] = 21 mm Max Diam [internal] = 17 mm Max W [rod] = 2 mm
Weight:
2.7 g
Local Name:
nagetum
Other Owners:
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife on 8th April 1933 during a shooting expedition
Field Collector:
Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton & Hannah Powell-Cotton (nee Brayton)
PRM Source:
Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton
Acquired:
Donated 1934
Collected Date:
8th April 1933
Description:
Finger ring formed from a narrow brass bar, rectangular to ovoid in section, bent into a loop with the ends almost touching.
The ends have been hammered flatter than the rest of the body, probably when shaping the loop.
It is complete and intact, with a polished surface that is currently a metallic yellow colour (Pantone 871C).
The ring has an outer diameter of 21 mm and an internal diameter of 17 mm, while the rod from which it has been made measures 2 by 2.1 mm and has a weight of 2.7 grams.
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah at Navera on 8th April 1933, during a shooting expedition.
These finger rings are worn by girls, and are known as nagetum. For a similar ring, see 1934.8.77.
Rachael Sparks 25/9/2005.
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah at Navera on 8th April 1933, during a shooting expedition.
These finger rings are worn by girls, and are known as nagetum. For a similar ring, see 1934.8.77.
Rachael Sparks 25/9/2005.
Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry [p.
248] 1934 [insert] 8 [end insert] - MAJOR P.
H.
G.
POWELL-COTTON, Quex Park, Birchington, E.
Kent.
Specimens collected by himself & Mrs Cotton, during hunting trips, 1933, viz: [...] [p.
252] - From the LATUKA tribe, NAVERA, TORIT, LARONYO.
[p.
256, insert] nos given 77-78 [end insert] - [One of] 2 Girl’s finger rings of brass wire, nagetum, ib[idem] [NAVERA] (522).
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 28/5/2004].
Written on box - (522). Pair of girl's rings, nagetum . LATUKA, NAVERA, E. SUDAN. c. 4° 30' N., 32° 30' E. d.d. Major Powell-Cotton, 1934. 1934.8.77 & .78 [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/5/2005]
Pitt Rivers Museum label - 1934.8.78 E. SUDAN LATUKA NAVERA. Girl's ring - [rev] nagetum d.d. Major Powell-Cotton 1934 [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/5/2005]
Related Documents File - Typewritten List of "Curios Presented to Dr. Balfour by Major & Mrs. Powell-Cotton. Tribe Latuka". This object appears as item 522: "Pair brass wire rings, girl's, native name Nagetum, 8/4/33 Navera, about 4.30 N 32.30 E”. Also contains details of a cine film 'some tribes of the Southern Sudan', taken by Powell-Cotton during this 1933 expedition, copies of which are now in the National Film and Television Archive and the Powell-Cotton Museum in Kent [RTS 14/3/2005].
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 28/5/2004].
Written on box - (522). Pair of girl's rings, nagetum . LATUKA, NAVERA, E. SUDAN. c. 4° 30' N., 32° 30' E. d.d. Major Powell-Cotton, 1934. 1934.8.77 & .78 [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/5/2005]
Pitt Rivers Museum label - 1934.8.78 E. SUDAN LATUKA NAVERA. Girl's ring - [rev] nagetum d.d. Major Powell-Cotton 1934 [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/5/2005]
Related Documents File - Typewritten List of "Curios Presented to Dr. Balfour by Major & Mrs. Powell-Cotton. Tribe Latuka". This object appears as item 522: "Pair brass wire rings, girl's, native name Nagetum, 8/4/33 Navera, about 4.30 N 32.30 E”. Also contains details of a cine film 'some tribes of the Southern Sudan', taken by Powell-Cotton during this 1933 expedition, copies of which are now in the National Film and Television Archive and the Powell-Cotton Museum in Kent [RTS 14/3/2005].
