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1916.26.24

Hide-covered clay vessel, with long loop of plaited hide.

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1916.26.24

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hide-covered clay vessel, with long loop of plaited hide.
Geographical reference
Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Person
Field collector John Roscoe
PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1916
Date collected
circa 1916
Acquisition information
Donated: 1916
Materials and processes
Material Clay, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 395 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1916.26.24
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, Pottery, Medicine, Religious Object

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