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Description: | Wooden staff with angled head, in manner of head of was-sceptre; with long label explaining 'Stick cut by a negro camel-man, born in Egypt, and belonging to the Maaza Arabs, living on Eastern Desert of Egypt opposite Baliana. the stick was cut in Khargah Oasis, and is carried upright, held by the end with the handle against the shoulder, the higher part turned towards the body, the lower part of the handle pointing forwards i.e exactly like a "was" sceptre. It is made of "abol" wood' and 'The only explanation of its form was that it was a crook useful for catching up a loose head rope etc. But for this its acute angle makes it singularly badly adapted. Feb: 1923 "Abol" wood is a variety of "'Atl" i.e. tamarisk' | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Egyptology | Temporal: | name=Modern Period; start=1900 | Source: | UCL Museums | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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