Zande necklet
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Accession Number:
1934.8.143
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Western Equatoria near Tambura
Cultural Group:
Zande
Date Made:
By 1933
Materials:
Brass Metal
Process:
Twisted , Hammered , Tied
Dimensions:
Max L [across necklet] = 220 mm Max W [double stranded string] = 5 mm Max Diam [single strands] = 3 mm
Weight:
23.4 g
Local Name:
kamba
Other Owners:
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife on 29th April 1933 during a shooting expedition. Found unentered on 6th April 2004 with its object tag bearing provenance details attached, and matched to a formerly missing item in the list of o
Field Collector:
Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton & Hannah Powell-Cotton (nee Brayton)
PRM Source:
Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton
Acquired:
Donated 1934; found unentered 2004.
Collected Date:
29th April 1933
Description:
Neck ornament made from two pieces of cotton or wool string, twisted together and knotted at either end; these separate around 85 mm from the ends into their two component parts, at which point narrow brass strips have been wound tightly around each strand.
The necklet is complete and intact, with some dark greasy material covering the twisted string, the natural colour of which is a yellowish brown (Pantone 465C).
The brass strips are in good condition, currently a dull metallic yellow (Pantone 874C).
The length of the necklet between the ends of the brass wound section is 220 mm, the string has a diameter of 5 mm near the ends and 3 mm for each single strand, with a total weight of 23.4 grams.
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah on the road to Tambura on 29th April 1933, during a shooting expedition. The Zande name for this type of object is said to be kamba.
Rachael Sparks 25/9/2005.
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah on the road to Tambura on 29th April 1933, during a shooting expedition. The Zande name for this type of object is said to be kamba.
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.
261] 1934.8.143 - String necklet dividing into two strands, each with a narrow brass strip coiled around it.
Native name
kamba
.
ZANDE, road to Tambura 29/4/1933 (1045).
Found unentered, accessioned 6/4/2004 (RTS).
Pitt Rivers Museum label - Kamba , necklet of coiled brass. ZANDE, TAMBURA, E. SUDAN. 5° 35' N, 27° 30' E. d.d. Major Powell-Cotton, 1934. 1934.8.143 (1045) [rectangular tag with metal edges, tied to object, RTS 6/4/2004].
Related Documents File - Typewritten List of "Curios Presented to Dr. Balfour by Major & Mrs. Powell-Cotton. Zande Tribe". This object appears as item 1045: "Brass coiled necklet, 2 strings, native name kamba, 29/4/33 Road to Tambura, 5.35 N 27.39 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 - Kamba , necklet of coiled brass. ZANDE, TAMBURA, E. SUDAN. 5° 35' N, 27° 30' E. d.d. Major Powell-Cotton, 1934. 1934.8.143 (1045) [rectangular tag with metal edges, tied to object, RTS 6/4/2004].
Related Documents File - Typewritten List of "Curios Presented to Dr. Balfour by Major & Mrs. Powell-Cotton. Zande Tribe". This object appears as item 1045: "Brass coiled necklet, 2 strings, native name kamba, 29/4/33 Road to Tambura, 5.35 N 27.39 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].
