IDNO

P.141874.RDG

Description

Documentary photograph of a crescent of tusks, which is a hunting charm for the Bahamba tribe of Batetela. [JD 12/03/2019]

Place

C Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; Batetela

Cultural Affliation

Bahamba

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William; Torday, Emil [Object collector]

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 XXI, Fig. 21. Crescent of tusks, Congo." [www.jstor.org/stable/2843299, JD 16/08/2018]