Accession No

1937.105 B


Description

Red clay pipe bowl shaped like a male head with flared and flat base. Eyebrows, moustache and hair painted in black, eyes painted with white and black; one diagonal grooves over each cheek and vertical groove on forehead, all painted black; entire face incised with lines, likely indicating scarification; four indented or stamped lines from ear to neck on both sides.


Place

Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Upper East Region; Nabdam District; Nangodi


Period


Source

Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1937.105 B


Cultural Affliation

Talensi


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

105mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1937.105 A-B: 'Two terracotta pipe-bowls, the bowl parts in the form of male heads, with socket for the mouthpieces projecting from the back of the neck. Red terracotta, with hair, eyebrows, eyes and a ?tribal markings on cheeks, in black; whites of eyes in white. [different hand] apparently unused.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1937.105 A-B reads: 'Donor's note: "Made by a Talensi man at Yorogu near Zuarungu, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. Bought in Nangodi, N.T.s, on 22.4.37.
Event Date 22/04/1937
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Red clay pipe bowl shaped like a male head with flared and flat base. Eyebrows, moustache and hair painted in black, eyes painted with white and black; one diagonal grooves over each cheek and vertical groove on forehead, all painted black; entire face incised with lines, likely indicating scarification; four indented or stamped lines from ear to neck on both sides.
Event Date 15/10/2001
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:289400

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