Bark cloth packet containing seeds, sticks, etc. Part of rain maker's outfit. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bark cloth packet containing seeds, sticks, etc. Part of rain maker's outfit. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]
Long description: Band of bark-cloth folded and tied at intervals in oval shapes. These ovals form packets, which contain seeds, sticks and leaves etc. (not visible). There is a string of blue glass beads attached to two of the pods. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]
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 Wood Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Plant Seed, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Glass, Material Bead, Process Beaten, Process Bound, Process Strung
Dimensions: Width: max 150 mm laid flat, Depth: max 55 mm laid flat, Length: max 275 mm laid flat
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.121
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