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1921.9.180

Bamboo tube containing powder. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]

1921.9.180

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bamboo tube containing powder. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]
Long description
Bamboo tube with a bark cloth and cotton fibre stopper rolled up in the opening. Containing powder or earth within the tube, which is used as medicine. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]
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 Bamboo Plant, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Earth, Process Stuffed, Process Sawn, Process Rolled
Dimensions
Length: max 119 mm, Diameter: max 24 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.9.180
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: Vessel, Religion, Medicine, Religious Object

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