IDNO

P.141834.RDG

Description

Printer's proof of eight examples of 'Turkish Crescents', including:
Fig. 45. Baganda crescent head-dress of iron.
Fig. 46. Hippopotamus tusk breast ornament.
Fig. 47. Ja-Luo head-dress, with hippopotamus tooth.
Fig. 48. Ja-Luo head-dress of ram's horns and cowries.
Fig. 49. Ja-Luo head-dress of reed buck's horns and cowries.
Fig. 50. Badger hair and tooth amulet, Rome.
Figs. 51, 52. Turkish trophies with boars' tusks, Imperial Armoury, Vienna.

Place

E Africa; W Europe; Uganda; Kenya; Italy; Austria; ?Elgon; ?Mount Elgon; Rome; Vienna

Cultural Affliation

Baganda; Luo

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

pre 1908

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.141834.RDG - P.141877.RDG were located in a brown envelope, now numbered C987/, and transferred from MAA Paper Archives, W10/2/6, by Jos Dudding, 17/1/2018.

Publication: Ridgeway, William. 'The Origin of the Turkish Crescent.' The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 38, 1908, pp. 241–258. Plate XXV, Fig. 45. Baganda crescent head-dress of iron.
Fig. 46. Hippopotamus tusk breast ornament.
Fig. 47. Ja-Luo head-dress, with hippopotamus tooth.
Fig. 48. Ja-Luo head-dress of ram's horns and cowries.
Fig. 49. Ja-Luo head-dress of reed buck's horns and cowries.
Fig. 50. Badger hair and tooth amulet, Rome.
Figs. 51, 52. Turkish trophies with boars' tusks, Imperial Armoury, Vienna." [www.jstor.org/stable/2843299, JD 16/08/2018]