Anuak arm ornament
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Accession Number:
1936.10.69
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Cultural Group:
Anywaa [Anuak]
Date Made:
By 1936
Materials:
Wood Plant
Process:
Carved , Stained , Polished
Dimensions:
Max L = 94.5 mm Max W = 90.7 mm Max Ht = 20.3 mm Max Th = 14.5 mm [RTS 22/3/2004].
Weight:
35.9 g
Local Name:
liec
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:
Roughly circular annular armlet carved from a single piece of wood; all surfaces have been cut flat, creating a rectangular section.
The execution is irregular, particularly on the inner face, and the thickness of the object varies.
The original colour of the wood appears to be a light yellowish brown (Pantone 465C); this has been left visible on the outer face, with all other surfaces stained a darker brown (Pantone black 4C).
These have also been polished.
The object is complete and intact.
The length across the outside edge of the armlet is 94.5 mm, its outer width 90.7 mm, the inside diameter 67 mm, thickness 14.5 mm and height 20.3 mm, with a weight of 35.9 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).
This arm ornament is worn by men, who call it liec, after its ivory prototype. It is made of bwods wood.
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).
This arm ornament is worn by men, who call it liec, after its ivory prototype. It is made of bwods wood.
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] 69 [end insert] - Plain armlet of
Bwods
wood, worn by men.
Called
liec
, after its ivory prototype.
ANUAK.
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 30/1/2004].
Old Pitt Rivers Museum label - Man's armlet of Bwods wood, imitating the liec of ivory? ANUAK, E. SUDAN. d.d. E. Evans Pritchard 1936 [label tied to object; RTS 22/3/2004].
Written on object - Armlet of bwods wood, ANUAK, E. SUDAN. d.d. Evans-Pritchard 1936. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/10/2005]
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 30/1/2004].
Old Pitt Rivers Museum label - Man's armlet of Bwods wood, imitating the liec of ivory? ANUAK, E. SUDAN. d.d. E. Evans Pritchard 1936 [label tied to object; RTS 22/3/2004].
Written on object - Armlet of bwods wood, ANUAK, E. SUDAN. d.d. Evans-Pritchard 1936. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/10/2005]
