Coiled basketry lid for the pottery bowl 1921.9.92 .1. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Coiled basketry lid for the pottery bowl 1921.9.92 .1. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]
Long description: Coiled basketry lid for the pottery bowl 1921.9.92 .1. The lid is made from thin strands of coiled plant fibre, which has been dyed purple at the rim and as a disc in the centre of the bowl. The lid has flared sides and a circular base. See the records 1921.9.92 .1 for the pottery bowl and 1921.9.92 .3 for the stand. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Western Region [Hoima, Kibale, Masindi districts] / Bunyoro-Kitara
Cultural groups: Nyoro
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: circa 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Coiled, Process Basketry, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 95 mm, Height: max 54 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.92.2
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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