- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Potter’s tool composed of twisted plant fibre.
- Geographical reference
- Bukoba
- Cultural groups
- Haya
- Person
- Field collector Arthur Theodore Culwick
- Field collector Geraldine Mary Culwick
- PRM source Arthur Theodore Culwick
- PRM source Geraldine Mary Culwick
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1939
- Date collected
- By 1939
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Process Twisted
- Dimensions
- Length: max 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1939.11.18
Search terms: Tool, Pottery, Potter's Tool
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