Inscribed Clogs Gifted to Herbert Ward

Item Details

[original inscription (same text on each clog)]
قد أهديت هذا القبقاب لصاحبي
مشت واد دولة الإنجليز .
حامد بن محمد

[translation of inscription by Tayseer Abu Odeh for One More Voice]
I have presented these clogs to my friend.
These clogs were used by the servant of the British Government
Hamid Bin Muhammad.

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Smithsonian file name: NHB2017-00003

Tippu Tip's inscribed clogs side by side, rotated at 30 degree angle to viewer's right.
 0002

Smithsonian file name: NHB2017-00004

Tippu Tip's inscribed clogs, one placed on its side, the other with its heel on the first.
 0003

Smithsonian file name: NHB2017-00005

Top view of Arabic inscription on Tippu Tip's left clog.
 0004

Smithsonian file name: NHB2017-00006

Top view of Arabic inscription on Tippu Tip's right clog.
 0005

Smithsonian file name: E323366_mnh-2451-B

Tippu Tip's inscribed clogs side by side, rotated at 330 degree angle to viewer's right.
 0006

Smithsonian file name: E323366_mnh-2451-A

Tippu Tip's clogs shown lengthwise, with one on left, the other on right.
 0007

Smithsonian file name: E323366_mnh-2451

Tippu Tip's inscribed clogs side by side, as viewed from the top with Arabic inscriptions showing.
 0008

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT-01-201006

Tippu Tip's inscribed clogs side by side, as viewed from the top with Arabic inscriptions showing.
 0009

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT-02-201006

Close up of Arabic inscription on Tippu Tip's right clog.
 0010

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_1of2-01-201006

Tippu Tip's left clog, as shown from the side, with front to the left.
 0011

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_1of2-02-201006

Tippu Tip's left clog, as shown from the front.
 0012

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_1of2-03-201006

Tippu Tip's left clog, as shown from the side, with front to the right.
 0013

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_1of2-04-201006

Tippu Tip's left clog, as shown from the back.
 0014

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_1of2-06-201006

Tippu Tip's left clog, as shown from the bottom, with front to the right.
 0015

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_2of2-01-201006

Tippu Tip's right clog, as shown from the side, with front to the right.
 0016

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_2of2-04-201006

Tippu Tip's right clog, as shown from the front.
 0017

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_2of2-03-201006

Tippu Tip's right clog, as shown from the side, with front to the left.
 0018

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_2of2-02-201006

Tippu Tip's right clog, as shown from the back.
 0019

Smithsonian file name: E323366-0_ANT_2of2-05-201006

Tippu Tip's right clog, as shown from the bottom, with front to the left.

Item Details

Creator(s): Tippu Tip

Date(s): c.1890

Place(s) of creation: Congo

Repository: Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History. Anthropology Department (Washington, D.C., United States)

Shelfmark / Identifier: E323366

Digital edition & date: One More Voice, 2021

Digital object curation: Adrian S. Wisnicki

Cite this digital edition (MLA): Tippu Tip. “Inscribed Clogs Gifted to Herbert Ward” (c.1890). One More Voice, new dawn edition, 2021, https://onemorevoice.org/html/transcriptions/liv_021097_ART.html.

Rights: Used by permission. E323366, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution.

Explore complete/original item: Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History. Anthropology Department, Washington, D.C.