Imatong bag
   Accession Number: 
[1940.7.085] 
Country: 
Sudan 
Region: 
[Southern Sudan]  [Al Istiwa'iyah]  [Equatoria]  Eastern Equatoria  ?Jebel Imatong 
Cultural Group: 
[Imatong] 
Date Made: 
By 1940 
Materials: 
String , Net Textile 
Process: 
Netted 
Other Owners: 
Samuel P. Powell 
Field Collector: 
Samuel P. Powell 
PRM Source: 
Samuel P. Powell 
Acquired: 
Loaned July 1940 
Collected Date: 
By 1940 
Description: 
String purse.
Collected by Samuel P. Powell from the modern administrative district of Eastern Equatoria, and loaned to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1940. It came from the 'Imatong tribe', who are presumably a group located somewhere around Jebel Imatong, a mountain peak in Southeastern Sudan, south of Torit.
Rachael Sparks 14/9/2005.
Collected by Samuel P. Powell from the modern administrative district of Eastern Equatoria, and loaned to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1940. It came from the 'Imatong tribe', who are presumably a group located somewhere around Jebel Imatong, a mountain peak in Southeastern Sudan, south of Torit.
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. 
[p. 
313] From the IMATONG TRIBE. 
EQUATORIAL PROVINCE, ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN. 
1940.7.085 - String purse.
Related Documents File - Appears on undated typed list: "Imatong ... a string purse". List is annotated by hand on back: "List of Curios" and "Far from complete" [RTS 16/12/2003].
Related Documents File - Appears on undated typed list: "Imatong ... a string purse". List is annotated by hand on back: "List of Curios" and "Far from complete" [RTS 16/12/2003].

