Round wooden meat dish on 3 legs extending from a circular stand. Burnt triangular design around rim, with a horizontal band below. [RM [OPS move] 19/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Round wooden meat dish on 3 legs extending from a circular stand. Burnt triangular design around rim, with a horizontal band below. [RM [OPS move] 19/9/2016]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Cultural groups: Nkole
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Burnt, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Dimensions: Diameter: max 217 mm, Height: max 272 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.5
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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