IDNO

P.50776.RDG

Description

Group of three fetishes and one neck ornament.
The upper left fetish is an elongated shape, swelling bulbously in the centre and covered with skin, the fur being outside. A well-finished plaited leather thong is attached.
The upper right neck ornament is made from a thin piece of tightly plaited material, attached to an object. The object is a piece of fur wrapped around another unknown object or objects, bound at either end by a loop of the plaited material.
The central fetish is a flat oval fetish covered in brown bark cloth with rawhide cord with bundles of fur strips protruding from either end.
The necklet is “worn by royal bodyguard when in king’s presence. It is penannular in shape, a ring of brass, the lower half of which is beaten out into a flat band. This portion bears an incised pattern of dots arranged in triangles, separated by a row of dots. Around the round upper half are five rows of incised dots, arranged spirally, and passing around outer portion of ring”.

Place

E Africa; Uganda [?British East Africa]

Cultural Affliation

Baganda

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Roscoe, John R. [Object collector]; Katikiro of Uganda [Object donor]

Date

circa 1903

Collection Name

Ridgeway CollectionMuseum Objects and Galleries

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This print was an envelope now marked C219/, which was found in the wooden drawer I.

Related Object: Fetish on the upper left is probably E.1903.479 with the description:
“Fetish of elongated shape, swelling bulbously in centre and covered with skin, the fur being outside. A well-finished plaited leather thong is attached. Presented by Katikiro of Uganda per J.R. cf. A.R, 1904, p.13, 590.”

Related Object: Fetish in the centre is probably E.1903.476 with the description:
“Flat oval fetish covered in brown bark cloth with rawhide cord and strips of skin attached. Presented by Katikiro of Uganda per J.R. cf. A.R, 1904, p.13, 587.”

Related Object: Necklet at bottom is probably E.1903.466 with the description:
“Necklet worn by royal bodyguard when in king’s presence. It is penannular in shape, a ring of brass, the lower half of which is beaten out into a flat band. This portion bears an incised pattern of dots arranged in triangles, separated by a row of dots. Around the round upper half are five rows of incised dots, arranged spirally, and passing around outer portion of ring. cf. A.R, 1904, p.13, 577.
Presented by Katikiro of Uganda, per J.R. cf. A.R, 1904, p.13, 577.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [JD 2/7/2007]