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2017.121.3

Object wrapped in cloth suspended on twisted and knotted plant fibre string with cowrie shell attached. Part of rainmakers outfit. [FB 1/6/2017]

2017.121.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Object wrapped in cloth suspended on twisted and knotted plant fibre string with cowrie shell attached. Part of rainmakers outfit. [FB 1/6/2017]
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 Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Shell, Process Perforated, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Twisted, Process Knotted, Process Bound
Dimensions
Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 70 mm, Length: max 163 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2017.121.3
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

Search terms: Religion, Animalia, Animal Part, Religious Object