IDNO

P.147833.RDG

Description

Printer's proof of seven examples illustrating 'The Origin of the Turkish Crescent', figures 16 - 23, including:
Fig. 16. "Boar tusks, Jaffa."
Fig. 17. "Boar Tusks, Jaffa."
Fig. 18. "Ivory crescent, Nubia."
Fig. 19. "Elephant hair bracelet, Angoweland."
Fig. 20 and 22. "crescent of tusks, which is a hunting charm for the Bahamba tribe of Batetela."
Fig. 22. "Boar's tusks, Candia".
Fig. 23. "cowry pendant and medal from Corfu." [JD 29/09/2021]

Place

W Europe; W Asia; C Africa; Europe Balkans; NE Africa; Greece; Israel; ?Malawi; Democratic Republic of Congo; Sudan; Corfu; Tel Aviv, Jaffa; Angowe; Crete; Iraklion; Candia; Batetela; Northern Sudan; Nubia [Mandatory Palestine; Angoweland]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

pre 1908

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

None

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.147832.RDG - P.147835.RDG in paper sleeve C1015/ were transferred from MAA Archives W10/2/5 by Jocelyne Dudding 12/11/2020.

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 XIX, Figs. 16, 17. Boar tusks, Jaffa."
Fig. 18, and captioned: "Ivory crescent, Nubia."
Fig. 19. Elephant's hair bracelet, Angoweland.
Fig. 21. Crescent of tusks, Congo."
Fig. 22, and captioned: "Boar's tusks, Candia."
Fig. 23. Cowry and medal, Corfu." [JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2843299. JD 29/09/2021]