Accession No
1927.447 B
Description
Crescent ornament made from two lion's claws bound together at the centre. Wrapped at the centre with a piece of red woollen fabric; band of plaited wool ribbon stitched to the fabric, presumably for suspension.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Malawi; Chipita
Period
Source
Stannus, Hugh Stannus (Dr) [field collector]; Ridgeway, William (Professor Sir) [bequeather]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1927.447 B
Cultural Affliation
Ngoni [Angoni]
Material
Claw; Cloth; Wool
Local Term
Measurements
55mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label attached with string: 'Lion's claws / Nyasaland / H S Stannus'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by H S Stannus in 1910
Event Date 1910
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1927.447 A-C: 'Three crescents. / A: made of two pig tusks joined together. / B: made of two small lion claws joined together. / C: made of two small leopard claws nearly covered with blue and white and a few red beads. Angoni-Chipota beadwork.'
Event Date 1927
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Crescent ornament made from two lion's claws bound together at the centre. Wrapped at the centre with a piece of red woollen fabric; band of plaited wool ribbon stitched to the fabric, presumably for suspension.
Event Date 2/12/2022
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:300402
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