Accession No
Z 14480.2
Description
Dress for wearing as part of a circumcision costume with mask [Z 14480.1]. Long fringe of fibre with a plaited cord at the top.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Sierra Leone; Northern Province; ?Yuke; ?Kobimba; ?Mapoi; ?Sanda
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 14480.2; MAA: AR 1916.198; E 1916.146; 116 A [Museum no.]; 49 A [Thomas Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Timne; ?Mende
Material
Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
360mm x 620mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Luggage tag attached with string reads: '49a | Yanke / (Circumcision dress) / [?Ofpo Fulu] / Mapori / Timne | NWT'
in second hand and circled: '116a'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
Part of the E 1916.146 (AR 1916.198) N.W. Thomas Ethnological Collection, Sierra Leone. Collected for the museum in 1914. This collection now bears Z numbers.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Circumcision dress.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas (SL) label attached with string reads: '49A / Circumcision Dress, of palm fibre. / Timne (Sanda).'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
See E 1916.146 record for further details about the Thomas Collection from Sierra Leone.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020
Event Date 7/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Belongs with mask Z 14480.1.
Event Date 8/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
A dress for wearing as part of a circumcision costume with mask. Long fringe of fibre with a plaited cord at the top.
Event Date 8/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:280815
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