IDNO

P.145390.RDG

Description

Documentary photograph of four crescents.
The top centre crescent is from Turkey, and now in the care of the MAA, reference 1927.963, and described as: "Amulet - Horse amulet. Two boar's tusks joined together with metal (?silver) forming a crescent. The ends of each decorated with same metal, an elaborate inverted horn shaped pendant decorated with imitation stones hang from it, and a row of blue beads.
Asia; West Asia; Asia Minor; Asia Smyrna; West Asia; Turkey; Izmir.
Ridgeway, William (Prof.; Sir)." [Description from record 1927.963]
The bottom centre amulet is from Uganda and constructed from leopard's claws and beadwork and is now in the care of the MAA, reference 1927.436, and described as: "Amulet - There are two catalogue cards for this item.
One reads, "Claw crescent amulet decorated with beads. Uganda. Ridgeway bequest". The second card reads, "A crescent formed of two leopard claws of a feline joined together and covered with blue and white beads. Collected by Roscoe.
This is Fig.6 Plate XIX R. Anthrop. Institute Vol. XXXVIII 1908. R's paper on Origin of Turkish Crescents". Old label attached to catalogue card reads, "Enkole. Ensiriba or fetish. In Uganda this is worn by children to protect them against nyony - a disease common to children". "Ridgeway Bequest" also stamped on old label.
Africa; East Africa; Uganda
Ridgeway, William (Sir); ?Roscoe., John (collector)." [Description from record 1927.436, JD 16/02/2020]

Place

E Africa; W Asia; Uganda; Türkiye [Turkey]

Cultural Affliation

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.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 XIX, fig. 6, and captioned: "Leopard's claws, Uganda."