Abonah dress
Category
Costume
Date
1932
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
600 mm (Length)160 mm (W)
Place of origin
Torit
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303964.1
Summary
A Latuka girl's dress or 'abonah' (a) made from a number of steel key chains suspended from a leather strap. Lord Egerton's number 284A. Separate photograph (b) shows the girl who wore it. Bought for 5/- on 26th March 1932, Near Torit, Sudan. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton south of Torit, Sudan, 26th March 1932. He paid 5/- for it.
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label. A Latuka girl's dress called by them an 'Abonah'. South of Torit, Sudan. 26/3/32. Bought for 5/-. 284A.