Awl Item Number: K4.140 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Awl with needle-like pointed tip and tapered wooden handle.
Cultural Context
The "mulai" is put on the awl and its turning indicates the guilty person. From the medicine bag of a naka (medicine man) who died in hospital.
Item History
- Made in Zambia
- Collected between 1956 and 1965
- Owned by Marie-Claire Delahaye before November 1969
- Received from Marie-Claire Delahaye (Donor) during November 1969
What
- Name
- Awl
- Identification Number
- K4.140
- Type of Item
- awl
- Material
- iron metal and wood
- Overall
- height 13.0 cm, diameter 2.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Southern African
- Previous Owner
- Marie-Claire Delahaye
- Received from
- Marie-Claire Delahaye (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Zambia
When
- Collection Date
- between 1956 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before November 1969
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1969
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0158/0038