IDNO

P.139302.HNL

Description

"Oculi survivals." [Hornell's annotation]

Drawings of occuli on East African Zanzibari dhows (after LeBaron Bowen). [JD 14/11/2025

Place

E Africa; Tanzania; Zanzibar

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?After LeBaron Bowen, Richard

Collector / Expedition

Hornell, James

Date

Collection Name

Hornell Collection

Source

Hornell, Charlotte (Mrs)

Format

None

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.139278.HNL - P.139316.HNL were found unaccessioned in Drawer C.41.11 of the Photo Store, in a cardboard box, now numbered C680/.

Publication: Image published in Dionisius A. Agius, University of Exeter, 'Red Sea Folk Beliefs: A Maritime Spirit Landscape', and captioned: "Figure 3. Occuli on East African Zanzibari dhows (after LeBaron Bowen). [Bowen, “Maritime Superstitions of the Arabs,” Fig. 1.]." [JD 14/11/2025]

Publication: Image published in Richard LeBaron Bowen, “Maritime Superstitions of the Arabs”, American
Neptune 15, no. 1 (1955): 5–48; Richard LeBaron Bowen, “Origin and Diffusion of Oculi,” American Neptune 17, no. 4 (1957): 262–91. [JD 14/11/2025]