- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Strip of animal hide with brown, black and light coloured fur. Part of rainmakers outfit. [FB 1/6/2017]
- Geographical reference
- 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 Animal Fur Skin
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 75 mm, Width: max 130 mm, Length: max 130 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2017.121.13
- 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, Religious Object, Animal Part
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