IDNO
LS.140330.TC1
Description
On Catalogue Card: Uganda. 50 Uganda 78. 49.52, 53.
Amulets. Leopard claws.
- other amulets.
Place
E Africa; Uganda
Cultural Affliation
Named Person
Photographer
?Roscoe, John R.
Collector / Expedition
?Roscoe, John R. [Mackie Ethnological Expedition, Uganda, 1919 - 1920]; Church Mission Society
Date
circa ?1919 - 1920
Collection Name
Teaching Slide Collection
Source
Format
Lantern Slide Black & White
Primary Documentation
Other Information
Publication: Image published in Roscoe, John, 1911. 'The Baganda; an account of their native customs and beliefs (London Macmillan), and captioned: "Fig. 51. Amulets.
To the right, a conical object containing the jawbone; to the left, an object with a loop containing the umbilical cord."
Text on pp. xi - xii notes, "I am indebted to Baron A. von Hügel for kindly permitting me to photograph objects of interest which are now in the Museum of Ethnology, Cambridge...
"For the photographs I am chiefly indebted to S. C. Tomkins, Esq., C.M.G., Chief Secretary to the Uganda Protectorate, and to the Revs. R. H. Leakey and E. Millar and C. Hattersley, Esq., of the Church Missionary Society." [JD 01/07/2024]
FM:277692
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