Accession No
1935.774 D
Description
Shell disc (conus millipunctatus). The shell is perforated at the centre, and is rough, flat cylinder.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Tanzania; Maswa District; Kigoku
Period
Source
Hall, Robert de Zouche (Sir) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1935.774 D
Cultural Affliation
Sukuma
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
45mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1935.774 A-H: 'Personal adornment of a practitioner of black magic. Wasukuma tribe: locality Kigoku, Maswa District, Tanganyika Terr. D: Perforated shell disc (conus millipunctatus).
Donor's notes: 'The personal adornments of a practitioner of black magic, comprising a very full range of the oldest type of trade beads, now rare and highly prized. The white disc-shaped beads are of ostrich-egg shell. It will be noted that the string of white triangular china ornaments contains an example of the prototype, a piece of shell, now extremely rare. The antelope horn filled with a black substance with four white beads imbedded therein is connected with magical practices'.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1935.774 [A-H]: 'Personal adornments of witch doctor'
Event Date 1935
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Shell disc (conus millipunctatus). The shell is perforated at the centre, and is rough, flat cylinder.
Event Date 7/4/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:296214
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