IDNO

P.57274.RDG

Description

Documentary photography of a relic of Kibuka, the War-god of Uganda, consisting of an egg-shaped leather case or neck ornament, decorated with cowrie shells and attached leather strap in two parts with three rings of cowrie shells of one side and strings of the oldest known kind of glass beads attached to other strap.
The Mulongo was transferred to the Uganda Museum, Kampala, 1962. [JD 24/05/2024]

Place

E Africa; Uganda; ?East Uganda

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Kibuka

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William; ?Roscoe, John [Object Collector & Donor]

Date

1900 - 1910

Collection Name

Ridgeway CollectionMuseum Objects and Galleries

Source

Ridgeway, William

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.57274.RDG to P.57284.RDG were found in C274/3/ which came from C274/. The latter was kept in Wooden Drawer VI.

Place: Record previously recorded as “Africa” but research suggests that it is from Uganda (See Images P.44840.RDG, P.44781.RDG and P.44816.RDG) and the record has been amended accordingly. [Jocelyne Dudding 6/12/2006]

Biographical Information: Kibuka is the war god of the Buganda tribe of East Africa. For more information see records P.44716.RDG and P.44781.RDG. [JD 6/12/2006]

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