Accession No
Z 19414 C
Description
Lubugo. Rectangular-shaped barkcloth with beater marks and four stitched patches. One hole has been cut out near centre of cloth; fibre string still attached to cloth at various points. Used as wrapping for postage, with postage labels still attached to one side.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Uganda; Jinja
Period
Source
Haddon, Ernest Balfour [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 19414 C; MAA: ?E 1911.102.37
Cultural Affliation
?Baganda
Material
Barkcloth; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
1070mm x 1940mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 19414 A-D: '3 lengths of bark cloth - with bark cloth packaging in which they were wrapped and sent to donor's mother. Baganda?, Uganda. A/C only.'
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden
Context (CMS Context)
'Both C & D were used to wrap the other two barkcloths when they were sent by post from Uganda. On both the address is written in hand directly onto the barkcloth and is to Mrs Haddon, Innisfail, Hills R, Cambridge England. A customs label is attached to each and gives the intended address as Cambridge and the name and address of the sender as E.H.Haddon, Jinja, Uganda. A second label is pasted onto the first and has the word Mombasa printed on it with the numbers 102 [barkcloth D] and 104 [barkcloth C] written on it; C has the inland postage as 11d and D has it as 8p. There is no date on the labels. J.Somerville 28/10/2004.'
'Possibly also accessioned as E 1911.102.36-39 but unable to positively confirm this. Somerville.J. (2006-7-6).'
Event Date 1/9/1999
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Plain barkcloth used as wrapping for postage; with beater marks, one stitched patch and one hole which has been cut out. Also has the remains of the string used to stitch up the parcel.
Event Date 28/10/2004
Author: Remke Velden
Context (Found together / assemblage)
J. Somerville (2006): 'Z 19414 A-D possibly also accessioned as E 1911.102.36-39 but unable to positively confirm this.'
Event Date 6/7/2006
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Rectangular-shaped barkcloth with beater marks and four stitched patches. One hole has been cut out near centre of cloth; fibre string still attached to cloth at various points. Used as wrapping for postage, with postage labels still attached to one side.
Event Date 14/1/2022
Author: Jazmin Hundal
FM:280509
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