- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bamboo tube containing powder. [ASh [OPS move] 15/5/2017]
- Long description
- Bamboo tube with a plant 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
- 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 Plant Fibre, Material Earth, Process Stuffed, Process Sawn, Process Rolled
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 27 mm, Length: max 130 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.9.182
- 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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