IDNO

P.145388.RDG

Description

Documentary photograph of a "Hippopotamus tusk breast ornament." The ornament is possibly in the care of the MAA, reference 1927.290? or 1927.445?

Physical Condition: Photo cut out and pasted to mount board. [JD 13/12/2019]

Place

E Africa; Uganda

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.145342.RDG - P.145364.RDG were located in a white archive sleeve, now numbered C1000/, and transferred from MAA Paper Archives, W10/2/4, by Jos Dudding, 13/12/2019.

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. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2843299. [JD 13/12/2019]
Plate XXV, fig. 46, and captioned: "Hippopotamus tusk breast ornament."