Zande arm ornament
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Accession Number:
1934.8.140
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria Yambio
Cultural Group:
Zande
Date Made:
By April 1933
Materials:
Brass Metal
Process:
Incised , Polished
Dimensions:
L = 58.1 mm, W = 53.4 mm, W band = 7.7 mm, Th = 2 mm [RTS 24/3/2004].
Weight:
21.4 g
Other Owners:
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife on 27th April 1933 during a shooting expedition. Found unentered on 24/3/2004 with its object tag bearing provenance details attached, and matched to a formerly missing item in the list of object
Field Collector:
Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton & Hannah Powell-Cotton (nee Brayton)
PRM Source:
Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton
Acquired:
Donated 1934
Collected Date:
27th April 1933
Description:
Penannular bracelet made from a narrow brass band with rectangular section, bent into an oval loop with open ends, 21 mm apart.
The ends have been cut flat.
The outer face is decorated with an incised design that extends around the entire circumference, comprising two parallel lines with crosshatching between, which changes at the centre of the band to a row of three crosshatched triangles.
There is a short stretch of hatching between the upper framing line and the outside edge along this part only.
The object is complete and intact, with a polished metallic yellow surface (Pantone 872C).
The length across the outside edges of the bracelet is 58.1 mm, the width across is 53.4 mm, while the length across the inner edges is 53 mm.
The band itself is 7.7 mm wide and 2 mm thick, with a weight of 21.4 grams.
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah at Yambio on 27th April 1933, during a shooting expedition. This type of armlet was worn by women; they did not record its local name.
This object is currently on display in the Lower Gallery, case 111A.
Rachael Sparks 25/9/2005.
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah at Yambio on 27th April 1933, during a shooting expedition. This type of armlet was worn by women; they did not record its local name.
This object is currently on display in the Lower Gallery, case 111A.
Rachael Sparks 25/9/2005.
Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry
[p.
248] -
MAJOR P.
H.
G.
POWELL-COTTON
, Quex Park, Birchington, E.
Kent.
Specimens collected by himself & Mrs Cotton, during hunting trips, 1933, viz: [...] [p.
262] 1934 [insert] 8 [...] 140 [end insert] - Penannular brass bracelet with engraved decoration, worn by women, weight 21.4 g.
ZANDE, YAMBIO, 27/4/1933 (883).
Found unentered, accessioned 24/3/2004 [RTS].
Pitt Rivers Museum label - Woman's armlet, ZANDE, YAMBIO, E. SUDAN. 4 34' N, 28 23' E. d.d. Major Powell-Cotton, 1934 (883) [tied to object; RTS 24/3/2004].
Related Documents File - Typewritten List of "Curios Presented to Dr. Balfour by Major & Mrs. Powell-Cotton. Zande Tribe". This object appears as item 883: “Brass band bracelet, engraved (female), 27/4/33 Yambio, 4.34 N 28.23 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].
Pitt Rivers Museum label - Woman's armlet, ZANDE, YAMBIO, E. SUDAN. 4 34' N, 28 23' E. d.d. Major Powell-Cotton, 1934 (883) [tied to object; RTS 24/3/2004].
Related Documents File - Typewritten List of "Curios Presented to Dr. Balfour by Major & Mrs. Powell-Cotton. Zande Tribe". This object appears as item 883: “Brass band bracelet, engraved (female), 27/4/33 Yambio, 4.34 N 28.23 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].
