Accession No
E 1901.253.8
Description
Model wooden bailer, possibly of red pigmented wood.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Uganda; Entebbe District; Victoria Nyanza; Tanganyika Territory; ?Musoma
Period
Source
Johnston, Harry Hamilton (Sir) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1901.253.8; MAA: AR 1902.1197
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; ?Fibre; ?Plant; ?Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1901.253[.1-8]: 'Model of canoe with wooden bailer and six paddles...'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Historic documentation, possibly a historic display label, accompanying the catalogue card reads: 'Model canoe. With wooden baler & [and] six paddles. Sir H. Johnston. Victoria Nyanza. Uganda. (See specimen of a similar canoe is the Keyser Hall)'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Related Documents)
Historic documentation accompanying the catalogue card reads: 'Canoe from Musoma. Tanganyika Territory. Victoria Nyanza. These canoes vary slightly with the Mwanza canoe, especially as not being decorated. Not to scale'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1901.253[.1-8]: '...Entebbe District. 1901'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Production / use)
The bailer forms part of a model canoe, paddle and bailer ensemble (E 1901.253.1-8).
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Description for E 1901.253.8: 'No bailer present'.
Event Date 9/1/2002
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Model wooden bailer, possibly of red pigmented wood.
Event Date 21/11/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:300210
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