10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGGRY»
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aggry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
aggry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great ...
In regard to Aggry beads. The exhibits consisted of samples from Mr. M. L. Levin's
collection and of modern Venetian Aggries made for the existing trade in Africa
and belonging to myself. All these modern beads were manufactured for Messrs.
On the Aggry Beads of Africa. By T. Edwarp Bowdich, Esq.* J. he natives
invariably declare that the aggry beads are found in the Daukara, Akim, Warsaw,
Ashanta, and Fantee countries, the greater number in the former (first) being the
richer ...
sembling cornelian ; it is said to be obtained in the same manner as the aggry
one, and also used for pieces of money.1 Beads are sometimes cut in half for
small transactions. The glass globes dug up in Lincolnshire, now in the British ...
Madeline Anne Wallace- Dunlop, 1882
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great ...
In regard to Aggry beads. The exhibits consisted of samples from Mr. M. L. Levin's
collection and of modern Venetian Aggries made for the existing trade in Africa
and belonging to myself. All these modern beads were manufactured for Messrs.
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Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee: With a ...
If the successor to a stool or any rich- inheritance is a child, they grind aggry
beads into a powder and rub him with it daily after washing, believing that it
hastens his growth and maturity. When any one denies a theft, an aggry bead is
placed in ...
Thomas Edward Bowdich, 1873
... Hottentots, Inyanga, Jubaland, Kitchen Middens, Kwilu, Landana, Linguistics,
Magato, Madagascar, Masai, Mendiland, Natal, Naqada, Somalis, Thebaid,
Thebes, Uganda, Vocabularies, Vllaboni, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, Zulus. Aggry
Beads, 1.
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1905
In West Africa is found a curious description of bead, called the aggry bead,
which the natives assert are always dug up out of the ground, and which they
consider of great value as possessing certain powers of augury. These beads are
found ...
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Curiosities of Glass Making: With Details of the Processes ...
bead; though that is semi-transparent, of a bright blue, resembling cornelian, (
which is frequently found in these countries,) and said to be obtained in the same
manner as the Aggry bead. Isert describes them " as a sort of coral, with inlaid ...
9
The Philosophical Magazine and Journal
The glass globes dug up in Lincolnshire, and presented by Sir Joseph Banks to
the British Museum, are very like a distinct sort of aggry beads dug by the natives
even more rarely than the others, but not larger than a moderate-sized apple: ...
10
Philosophical Magazine and Journal
The variegated strata of the aggry beads are so firmly'unlted, ' and so
imperceptibly blended, that the perfection seems superior“ to art : some resemble
mosaic work; the surfaces of'mhers' are a covered with flowers and regular
patterns, ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGGRY»
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aggry is used in the context of the following news items.
From mid-life crisis to 'mzungu' in Uganda: how Judith Lucy found …
One ActionAid worker (who I may have been a little attracted to), Aggry, told the story of how as a little boy his mother had saved his life twice, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
MTN Uganda withdraws call block threat
Communications Minister Aggry Awori said that the government, which holds a 37 per cent stake in UTL, had intervened to broker an ... «Telecoms.com, Mar 11»
WHEN WILL BRITAIN RETURN LOOTED GOLDEN GHANAIAN …
... the sacking of the palace, "Strings of valuable Aggry beads . . . Gold nugget and bead, bracelet and necklaces. Swords European and native . «Modern Ghana, Jan 11»
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... [B]ugg outlet stores[/B] jeed thoracoabdominal peroxyacid brantness furfuration aporhyolite bishopbird aggry contradictions feedstock begins ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»
Ghana Telecom yet to be privatized
Aggry Intim indicated that while the understanding was to introduce competition and also address issues of access to rural communities, ... «Modern Ghana, Jun 08»
