Accession No

D 1937.179 C


Description

Brass bracelet, open with rounded terminals, decorated with incised lines along both edges.


Place

Africa; East Africa; Sudan


Period


Source

Arkell, Anthony John [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

D 1937.179 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Brass


Local Term


Measurements

65mm


Events

Context (Production / use)
Bracelet used for curing infantile diarrhoea by rubbing it on lower teeth.
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (Acquisition Details)
Provenance given on top right of catalogue card as "Darfur, Sudan". Possibly place of acquisition?

Event Date
Author: Remke Velden


Description (Physical description)
Brass bracelet. 1 'Erenga' bracelet used for curing infantile diarrhoea by rubbing it on lower teeth.
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden


Context (Acquisition Details)
The Arkell collection was first deposited at MAA in 1937. In 1954, some material was transferred and gifted to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. The rest of the original deposit was gifted to MAA. New accession numbers were not assigned to the collection, so Arkell collection objects continue to be known by their D numbers, despite no longer being on deposit.
Event Date 1954
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (Related Documents)
'Accession Register notes "At donors request some of this material was transferred to Pitt-Rivers Museum in 1954. These items erased or marked 'To P.R.'. In December 1954 all items 1-258 except those those transferred to Pitt Rivers Museum were given absolutely to UMAE by Arkell."
Event Date 1/12/2000
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)
Brass bracelet, open with rounded terminals, decorated with incised lines along both edges.
Event Date 20/1/2022
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:274315

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