- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cowskin mat (placed beneath King's stool)
- Geographical reference
- Western Region [Hoima, Kibale, Masindi districts] / Bunyoro-Kitara
- 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 Cattle Skin Animal
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.9.56
- Associated publications
- 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: Animalia, Furniture Dwelling, Status, Status Object, Animal Part, Mat, Stool
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