Accession No

E 1911.102.1


Description

Latuka helmet with ostrich plumes. The foundation of the helmet is make from hair and fibre covered with multiple sheets of brass. At the top of the helmet are several large ostrich feathers, one loose.


Place

Africa; East Africa; South Sudan; Eastern Equatoria


Period


Source

Haddon, Ernest Balfour [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1911.102.1; MAA: AR 1911.231; BB 1911.335


Cultural Affliation

Otuho [Lotuka; Latuka]


Material

Feather; Hair; Plant; Metal; Brass; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements

600mm x 317mm x 564mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked with Annual Report number, '11.231'.
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (Amendments / updates)
Pencil note on card reads: 'Wrong No, AR No. on object'. Original Accession number on catalogue card crossed out (1911.231) and 1911.102 (1) added.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Latuka helmet with ostrich plumes. Hair and fibre foundation covered with sheet brass.
Event Date
Author: maa


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2017.3688 | Remedial
Event Date 13/2/2017
Author: Ruth Watson


Context (Amendments / updates)
Between 1898 and 1914, the area on the east bank of the White Nile, south of the 5th parallel was annexed to the Uganda Protectorate. The area north of the 5th parallel was included in Mongalla Province of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. In 1914, the boundary between Sudan and Uganda was rectified and the region south of the 5th parallel (including Bari, Lulubo, Lokoya and Otuho cultural groups) was transferred to Sudan. The place field has been updated to ‘South Sudan’. At the time the object was acquired the area was administered by Uganda, but it is now part of South Sudan.
Event Date 14/3/2022
Author: Zoe Cormack


Description (Physical description)
Latuka helmet with ostrich plumes. The foundation of the helmet is make from hair and fibre covered with multiple sheets of brass. At the top of the helmet are several large ostrich feathers, one loose.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:120083

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