Royal milk mat. Rectangular, constructed from cylindrical strips of ?reed or ?cane plant fibre, bound together with string along the long edges. Mounted on cotton with velcro strips for display. [BS [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Royal milk mat. Rectangular, constructed from cylindrical strips of ?reed or ?cane plant fibre, bound together with string along the long edges. Mounted on cotton with velcro strips for display. [BS [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]
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 Plant Fibre, Material Yarn, Material Reed Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Stitched, Process Bound
Dimensions: Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 368 mm, Length: max 460 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.82
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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