Piece of plain brown barkcloth, used as a packing material for the Roscoe collection. There are grooves from the beater on the surface. [AF [OPS move] 22/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Piece of plain brown barkcloth, used as a packing material for the Roscoe collection. There are grooves from the beater on the surface. [AF [OPS move] 22/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Cultural groups: Nkole; Hima
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1921
Date collected: By 1921
Acquisition information: Donated: 02/1921, uncertain Found unentered: 12/07/2005
Materials and processes: Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Process Beaten
Dimensions: Width: max 840 mm, Length: max 2240 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.225
Research and responses: Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8

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