Accession No
Z 14507.2
Description
Rattle made from stick and discs of gourd. It is formed from a stick with a handle decorated with incised lines and a thinner piece at an angle which holds the discs. The discs are sections of calabash with serrated edges. The thinner piece of stick has a small serrated disc tied to the end and a fibre string bending it back towards the handle.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Sierra Leone; Northern Province; ?Mabum; ?Bundu
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 14507.2; MAA: AR 1916.198; E 1916.146; 147 A [Museum no.]; 80 [Thomas Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Timne
Material
Wood; Gourd; Fibre
Local Term
[?Awosniba] [writing unclear]
Measurements
235mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Bundu rattle.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas label attached with string reads: '80 / Bundu Rattle (awosemba) / ?Timne.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
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
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
See E 1916.146 record for further details about the Thomas Collection from Sierra Leone. [T.Cotterill]
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Gourd discs on string, with wooden handle, stick broken. Possibly a scarecrow, cf. Z 14471 [R.Hand]
Event Date 25/9/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Rattle made from stick and discs of gourd. It is formed from a stick with a handle decorated with incised lines and a thinner piece at an angle which holds the discs. The discs are sections of calabash with serrated edges. The thinner piece of stick has a small serrated disc tied to the end and a fibre string bending it back towards the handle.
Event Date 9/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020
Event Date 9/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:280873
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