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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