Angostura Bitters bottle covered with blue and green beads worked in diagonal lines. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/12/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Angostura Bitters bottle covered with blue and green beads worked in diagonal lines. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/12/2004]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Kigezi
Person: Field collector John R. Frank Mills; PRM source John R. Frank Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1960
Date collected: By 1992
Acquisition information: Donated: 10/1992
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Glass, Material Plastic Synthetic, Process Beadwork, Process Covered, Process Recycled
Dimensions: Diameter 50 mm, Height 130 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1992.7.2
Associated publications: This object was featured in the Museum’s ‘web gallery’ (‘Selected Objects from the Lower Gallery’) produced during the DCF-funded ‘What’s Upstairs?’ project, 2004–2006, with the following caption: 'Recycling or re-using objects is a universal human activity. This bottle was originally manufactured in Europe to contain Angostura Bitters, but later was decorated with beads in Uganda.