Context (Field collection)
Given to donor Frank Rogers by the late Olia, chief of Attyak, North of Gulo.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Production / use)
Usually the hair is the man's own ie. actually growing, and when a dance is taking place, or a man is anxious to dress up, for purposes of his own, he puts on a "cone" and encircles the pad of hair which is closely matted with a circlet of white strips cut from cowrie shells (originally teeth, human or goats) and into centre of the pad is sewn a pig's tusk. The rest of head is shaved. In the case of a chief who is keen to dance but whose head is entirely shaved, except for a small tuft, an "artificial pad" is fixed on, and the present specimen is such, complete with tusk and cone. This is a rare article and is in good condition. It must have been sacrificed by the original wearer for his chief's interest and wear, or have been shaved off after death.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1927.1523 A-B: 'A: Head-pad, decorated with "cone" and boar's tusk. B: A separate cone of hair ornamented with brass rings and coloured beads, with strap for attachment.
Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Head-pad, decorated with cone and boar's tusk. A hollow cap of felted human hair encircled by small pieces of tooth or bone threaded onto a single string. At the front is a boar's tusk and cone with a foundation of human hair; the base is covered in four rows of annular white beads. The middle section of the cone is covered in metal rings. The narrow end terminates in a cylinder of metal marked with a 'K' and '∏', that is surrounded by strings of tiny white beads. Worn as an alternative to 1927.1523 B for those with shaved heads.
Event Date 13/12/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
This contains a bullet cartridge casing at the end and the curved projection is made of ivory not boar tusk. the metal rings are brass and copper.
Comments by Rose Mwanja Nkaale (Commissioner for Museums and Monuments in the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities) and Nelson Adebo Abiti (Head curator and Curator of Ethnography and History at the Uganda National Museum) during the Repositioning the Uganda Museum visit, 8 November 2022
Event Date 8/11/2022
Author: rachel hand

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2022.5274 | Freezing
Event Date 17/2/2022
Author: Ayesha Fuentes

Description (Physical description)
Materials identified by curator Nelson Abiti and colleagues at the National Museum of Uganda in consultation with the Uganda Wildlife Authority and other experts in the field.
Human hair;
Ivory- possibly African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana);
Bullet casing- copper alloy;
Shell- cowries (Monetaria moneta);
Plant fibre bindings- East African highland banana (Musa acuminata colla);
Glass beads
Forwarded by Derek Peterson, Ali Mazrui Collegiate Professor of History & African Studies, University of Michigan, as part of the Repositioning the Uganda Museum project.






Event Date 6/12/2023
Author: rachel hand

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