Ivory cattle count - Dinka or Shilluk, Southern Sudan

Title

Ivory cattle count - Dinka or Shilluk, Southern Sudan

Identifier

ABDUA:7907

Description

Three pieces of ivory with holes punched at top and bottom, bound with plaited string (described as a 'bolas' in Museum's 'Slip Catalogue' and Accessions Book).

Date

Early: 1850 Late: 1904

Format

L: 115 mm W: 58 mm to L: 125 mm W: 60 mm

Coverage

Africa Sudan ? Horn_of_Africa

Creator

Baird,John.Lawrence 1st.Viscount.Stonehaven

Source

Shilluk ?

Relation

ivory vegetable.fibre

Contributor

Baird,John.Lawrence 1st.Viscount.Stonehaven

UUID

d3ad1381-249e-4baf-91bd-0cd401cbec22

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