Accession No
1979.629 B
Description
Medical applicator or container. Small cylindrical piece of wood, long narrow neck with a hollow base, the base unscrews and may have contained a substance.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Tshopo Province; Yalemba-Ligasa area
Period
Source
Simpson, Andrew Robert Dron (Reverend) [field collector]; Donn, Margaret Jean [donor]; Ellis, Catherine [donor]; Pepper, June [donor]; Roberts, Monica [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1979.629 B
Cultural Affliation
?Topoke; ?Olombo; ?Kele [Lokele]
Material
Wood; ?Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
73mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1979.629 A-B: 'B appears to have grey undercoating from which a varnish has worn off. A has also a grey section.'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (Related Documents)
1979-511-652: Collection of Rev. A.R.D. Simpson from the Upper Congo River 1923-54. Probably mostly Olombo and Topoke (forest) tribes; possibly some Lokele (river). See file on Simpson Colln. for details. Some of the catalogue cards for this collection are under Zaire unprovenanced, 1 is under E. Asia unprov, etc. See Accessions Book for other provs. C. Ellis, S. Pepper, M. Donne, M. Roberts (daughters).
(bio): Rev A.R.D. Simpson
Event Date 1/11/1999
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1979.629 A-B: '2 medicine applicators, according to old label. Probably European-made (lathe turned), but used by A.R.D. Simpson in Zaire. Wood with screw tops - bulb may have contained the substance.'
B appears to have grey undercoating from which a varnish has worn off.
A has also a grey section.
Event Date 1/11/1999
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Medical applicator or container. Small cylindrical piece of wood, long narrow neck with a hollow base, the base unscrews and may have contained a substance.
Event Date 21/11/2022
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:300202
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