Category: Teaching collection

SA 015 – 015.1-5

ITEM TYPE: 

Gourd/Wood container

KEY WORDS:  

Gourd, Container, Wood

DESCRIPTION:  

Carved container, in two fitted halves, the top half elaborately carved, likely gourd or possibly wood.

FUNCTION:  

Unknown

DIMENSIONS:   

24 x 24 x 27 cm 

MATERIALS:   

Gourd, Wood

PRODUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:   

Unknown  

CONDITION:  

Poor/Damaged.

PROVENANCE:   

NAME OF CREATOR:   

Unknown.   

WHERE THE ITEM WAS CREATED/MADE:   

Uknown. 

DATE MADE:  

Unknown  

ACQUISITION:  

Unknown. Broken into smaller pieces, probably after acquisition.

ACQUISITION DATE: 

Unknown

Cataloguer: Zahra Abdalla

SA 066

ITEM TYPE: 

Clay candle holder

KEY WORDS:  

Clay, Candle, Children’s craft 

DESCRIPTION:  

Handmade clay candle holder

FUNCTION:  

Candle holder

MATERIALS:   

Clay

PRODUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:   

Unknown  

CONDITION:  

Good.

PROVENANCE:   

NAME OF CREATOR:   

Unknown.   

WHERE THE ITEM WAS CREATED/MADE:   

Uknown. 

DATE MADE:  

Unknown  

ACQUISITION:  

Possibly acquired from a children’s school.

ACQUISITION DATE: 

Unknown

Cataloguer: Zahra Abdalla

SA 059

ITEM TYPE: 

Wood Figure

KEY WORDS:  

Wood, Giraffe, Contemporary, Tourist 

DESCRIPTION:  

Small wood giraffe figure, with painted on details. 

FUNCTION:  

Statue

DIMENSIONS:   

20cm x 6.5 cm 

MATERIALS:   

Wood

PRODUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:   

Unknown  

CONDITION:  

Good.

PROVENANCE:   

NAME OF CREATOR:   

Unknown.   

WHERE THE ITEM WAS CREATED/MADE:   

Uknown. Possibly a contemporary piece made for tourists. 

DATE MADE:  

Unknown  

ACQUISITION:  

Unknown.

ACQUISITION DATE: 

Unknown

Cataloguer: Zahra Abdalla

(SA 062)

ITEM TYPE: 

Stone map of Africa 

KEY WORDS:  

Africa, Map, Stone Contemporary, Tourist 

DESCRIPTION:  

Flat stone map of Africa with painted details. Missing Kenya. 

FUNCTION:  

Map

DIMENSIONS:   

13cm x 11.5 cm 

MATERIALS:   

Stone

PRODUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:   

Unknown  

CONDITION:  

Good.

PROVENANCE:   

NAME OF CREATOR:   

Unknown.   

WHERE THE ITEM WAS CREATED/MADE:   

Uknown. Possibly a contemporary piece made for tourists. 

DATE MADE:  

Unknown  

ACQUISITION:  

Unknown.

ACQUISITION DATE: 

Unknown

Cataloguer: Zahra Abdalla

Zebra Figure

SA 061

ITEM TYPE: 

Wood Figure

KEY WORDS:  

Wood, Zebra, Contemporary, Tourist 

DESCRIPTION:  

Small wood zebra figure, with painted on details. 

FUNCTION:  

Statue

DIMENSIONS:   

8cm x 5cm 

MATERIALS:   

Wood

PRODUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:   

Unknown  

CONDITION:  

Good.

PROVENANCE:   

NAME OF CREATOR:   

Unknown.   

WHERE THE ITEM WAS CREATED/MADE:   

Uknown. Possibly a contemporary piece made for tourists. 

DATE MADE:  

Unknown  

ACQUISITION:  

Unknown.

ACQUISITION DATE: 

Unknown

Cataloguer: Zahra Abdalla

Hippo Figure

SA 060 

ITEM TYPE: 

Stone Figure

KEY WORDS:  

Stone, Hippo, Contemporary, Tourist 

DESCRIPTION:  

Small pink stone hippo figure, with painted on details. 

FUNCTION:  

Statue

DIMENSIONS:   

9cm x 4.5cm 

MATERIALS:   

Stone

PRODUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:   

Unknown  

CONDITION:  

Good.

PROVENANCE:   

NAME OF CREATOR:   

Unknown.   

WHERE THE ITEM WAS CREATED/MADE:   

Uknown. Possibly a contemporary piece made for tourists. 

DATE MADE:  

Unknown  

ACQUISITION:  

Unknown.

ACQUISITION DATE: 

Unknown

Cataloguer: Zahra Abdalla

SA 024.1 -SA 024.2 

ITEM TYPE: 

Wooden Statue

KEY WORDS:  

Carved Wooden Statue, Giraffe, Antelope

DESCRIPTION:  

Carved wooden statue of anthropomorphized animal with giraffe spots on the neck and a spotted head with antelope features, which has been broken off. 

FUNCTION:  

Statue

DIMENSIONS:   

55 x 5 cm  

MATERIALS:   

Wood

PRODUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:   

Unknown  

CONDITION:  

Poor/Damaged.

PROVENANCE:   

NAME OF CREATOR:   

Unknown.   

WHERE THE ITEM WAS CREATED/MADE:   

Uknown. At an unknown date after acquisition, the statue fell from a window in the Chrystal Macmillan Building at the University of Edinburgh, breaking the piece in two. 

DATE MADE:  

Unknown  

ACQUISITION:  

Unknown.

ACQUISITION DATE: 

Unknown

Cataloguer: Zahra Abdalla

BIG DRUM SA 037 

ITEM TYPE: 

Drum

KEY WORDS:  

Drum, South Asia, Musical instrument

DESCRIPTION:  

Large double-headed wooden drum, with leather head, body of wood painted with green and yellow stripes, metal handles to which are attached a long strap of grass string

FUNCTION:  

Musical instrument  

DIMENSIONS:   

42 x 31 cm

MATERIALS:   

Wood, Animal Skin, Paint

PRODUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:   

Unknown  

CONDITION:  

Good.

PROVENANCE:   

NAME OF CREATOR:   

Unknown.   

WHERE THE ITEM WAS CREATED/MADE:   

Unknown, but it could potentially be associated with South Asia, following other possibly South Asian drums in the collection and the work of Professor Emeritus Anthony Good, in Sri Lanka. 

DATE MADE:  

Unknown  

ACQUISITION:  

Possibly donated by Anthony Good. This object was likely acquired by Professor Emeritus Anthony Good during his fieldwork in Sri Lanka and subsequently donated to the University’s Anthropology Teaching Collection.  

ACQUISITION DATE: 

Unknown

Cataloguer: Zahra Abdalla