Accession No

1921.293


Description

A model of a papyrus raft, made from a bundle of papyrus tied together at four points with brown braided fibres. One band of fibre tied into a loop at one end.


Place

Africa; East Africa; Ethiopia


Period


Source

Grabham, George Walter [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1921.293; 35 [on old label found with object]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant; Fibre; ?Reed


Local Term


Measurements

340mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Model of papyrus raft.'
Event Date 1921
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Collected and donated by G. W. Graham, Governor General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A model of a papyrus raft, made from a bundle of papyrus tied together at four points with brown braided fibres. One band of fibre tied into a loop at one end.
Event Date 17/2/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:105943

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