Bag of woven string, with long streamers of string and twisted otter skin, and with a broad strap of otter skin. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/1/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bag of woven string, with long streamers of string and twisted otter skin, and with a broad strap of otter skin. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/1/2006]
Geographical reference: Rwanda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Rwanda; Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Lake Kivu Lake Bunyoni (Kigezi)
Cultural groups: Tutsi
Person: Field collector James Erasmus Tracy Philipps; PRM source James Erasmus Tracy Philipps
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: By December 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material String, Material Animal Skin, Process Woven, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Length: max 1310 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.51.1
Research and responses: Lake Kivu straddles the Rwanda-Zaire border and Lake Bunyoni is just on the Ugandan side of the Uganda-Rwanda border. [SHD 21/3/2000]