Description (Labels & Markings)
One divination piece marked: '20.479'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Label found with objects: 'Uganda / (Ngato) Leather for throwing to obtain the decision of the gods / Mwanga'

Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Ngato. Leathers for throwing to obtain the decision of the god Mwanga.'
Added in second hand: 'They are eight in number, flat and rectangular in shape, one end being corrugated.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Roscoe Collection catalogued in 1920 was given numbers 1920.1 - 1920.480. These are not Accession Register numbers, and conflict with numbers allocated to other artefacts accessioned in 1920. They do not appear under any other number in any Accession Register and the only documentation for them is their catalogue cards. In 2001 they were given the temporary suffix '/Roscoe' to distinguish them. This has now been replaced with the prefix 'ROS'.
Event Date 10/12/2021
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ngato or set of 8 divination pieces. Sub-rectangular pieces of hide with one denticulated edge; four with two layers sewn together, the other four of very thick leather; one with a hole drilled in one end. Several with damaged edges.
Event Date 10/12/2021
Author: Katrina Dring

Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2024.5939 | Assessment Only
Event Date 10/5/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer

Loan (Long Term Gallery Loan)
The Uganda Museum, 10/06/2024 to 10/6/2027, Repositioning the Uganda Museum
Event Date 10/6/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu