Lango arm ornament
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Accession Number:
1934.8.91
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Eastern Equatoria Logoforok
Cultural Group:
Lango
Date Made:
By 1933
Materials:
Wood Plant
Process:
Carved , Polished
Dimensions:
Max L = 100 mm Max W = 99 mm Max Ht = 27.5 mm [RTS 25/3/2004].
Weight:
41.9 g
Local Name:
naklul
Other Owners:
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife on 16th February 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:
16th February 1933
Description:
Slightly oval annular armlet carved into a ring from a single piece of light yellowish brown wood (Pantone 466C).
All surfaces are flat, with the outer face being slightly polished and better finished than the inner face, which is somewhat irregular.
There are traces of a reddish brown material in patches on the outer surface (Pantone 478C), possibly ochre, and a darkened area which may be the result of slight burning.
The object is complete and intact, with possible traces of wear on the inside and outside edges.
It has a length of 100 mm and a width of 99 mm, with measurements across the inner edges being 77 by 74 mm.
The thickness of the ring varies from 10 to 13 mm, and it has a height of 27.5 mm and a weight of 41.9 grams.
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah at Logoforok on 16th February 1933, during a shooting expedition.
This armlet was worn on the upper arm, and was called naklul by the Lango.
Rachael Sparks 24/9/2005.
Collected by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah at Logoforok on 16th February 1933, during a shooting expedition.
This armlet was worn on the upper arm, and was called naklul by the Lango.
Rachael Sparks 24/9/2005.
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.
256] - From the
LANGO
tribe, LOKOFOROK, LOMULENG & LOMO.
[insert] 91 [end insert] - Plain wooden armlet,
naklul
, worn on upper arm.
ib[idem] [LOKOFOROK] (328).
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 24/5/2004].
Related Documents File - Typewritten List of "Curios Presented to Dr. Balfour by Major & Mrs. Powell-Cotton. Lango Tribe". This object appears as item 328: "Upper armlet, thin wood, native name Naklul , 16/2/33 Lokoforok, 3. 47 N 33.5 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 - AFRICA, SUDAN Logoforok LANGO Annular wooden arm ornament, naklul Donated Powell-Cotton 1934 1934.8.91 [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/10/2005]
Written on object - 328 [pencil], Naklul , worn on upper arm, LANGO, LOKOFOROK, E. SUDAN. 3° 47' N, 33° 5' E. d.d. Major Powell-Cotton, 1934 (328) [RTS 25/3/2004].
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the catalogue card [RTS 24/5/2004].
Related Documents File - Typewritten List of "Curios Presented to Dr. Balfour by Major & Mrs. Powell-Cotton. Lango Tribe". This object appears as item 328: "Upper armlet, thin wood, native name Naklul , 16/2/33 Lokoforok, 3. 47 N 33.5 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 - AFRICA, SUDAN Logoforok LANGO Annular wooden arm ornament, naklul Donated Powell-Cotton 1934 1934.8.91 [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/10/2005]
Written on object - 328 [pencil], Naklul , worn on upper arm, LANGO, LOKOFOROK, E. SUDAN. 3° 47' N, 33° 5' E. d.d. Major Powell-Cotton, 1934 (328) [RTS 25/3/2004].
