Accession No

Z 14441


Description

Tuniniyi. Long necklace made from roughly shaped beads made from tree root and tightly strung on fibre. The beads are variable in their shape and size, but all have a small hole drilled through the centre.


Place

Africa; West Africa; Sierra Leone; Northern Province


Period


Source

Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 14441; MAA: AR 1916.198; E 1916.146; 8 [Museum number]; 8 [Thomas Coll.]


Cultural Affliation

Susu


Material

Plant; Root; Fibre


Local Term

Tuniniyi [writing unclear]


Measurements

350mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Luggage tag attached with string reads: '8 | Necklace / ([?luianyi]) made of kolime (tree) root; made by women; worn by women after bearing child for rest of life. / Susu | NWT'
in second hand and circled: '8'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas (SL) label attached with string reads: '8 / Necklace of kolime root, made and worn by women after childbirth / Susu.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Related Documents)
Card has a "N.W. Thomas Collection" stamp
Part of the 1916.146 (AR 1916.198) N.W. Thomas Ethnological Collection, Sierra Leone. Collected for the museum in 1914. This collection now bears Z numbers. Z 14434 - Z 14587 and Z 20479.
See E 1916.146 record for further notes on this collection.

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Necklace.

Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020

Event Date 8/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Long necklace made from roughly shaped beads made from tree root and tightly strung on fibre. The beads are variable in their shape and size, but all have a small hole drilled through the centre. There is some evidence on historical insect damage.
Event Date 8/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:130683

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