IDNO

P.50777.RDG

Description

Neck ornament, made from dark coloured round banana seeds threaded on a thin piece of twine. There is a single cowrie shell threaded through near the top of the neck ornament.
"It was one of the armlets of the Royal family of Uganda given to Cambridge in 1902 by the Prime Minister of Uganda through Rev. J Roscoe, C.M.S.” The neck ornament is in the care of the MAA, reference E 1903.467. [Ridgeway's caption]

Place

E Africa; Uganda

Cultural Affliation

Baganda

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

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

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.

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