MS 2008-18 Two amulets collected in Bafodea, Sierra Leone
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2008-18
name: label: Collector
content: Prussin, Labelle
place: label: Place
content: Sierra Leone
label: Place
content: Africa, West
creator: label: Collector
content: Prussin, Labelle
culture: label: Culture
content: Limba (African people)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Leaves (colored ink, 16 x 23 inches; 8.5 x 12 inches )
unitdate: label: Date
content: before 1979
container: label: Container
content: Folder 2008-18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2008-18
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Leaves
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Amulets
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Amulets
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of two (2) amulets collected by Labelle Prussin in Bafodea, Sierra Leone in 1979. One amulet is a copy that Prussin had made of a "hatumere" (Fulbe) or "sebe" (Mande). It was intended to be folded and enclosed or hidden in a leather pouch.  The original amulet was later collected by Simon Ottenberg and is now in the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. The other amulet is a sheet of paper inscribed in Arabic.  It was previously mounted over the lintel of the entrance to the Chief's house in Bafodea.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The original amulet collected by Simon Ottenberg is held by the National Museum of African Art.

The Department of Anthropology object collections holds artifacts collected by Labelle Prussin.