Accession No
1948.2361 B
Description
Narrow piece of raffia used for weaving. Wound into a bundle.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda; ?Lake Mulara
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2361 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant Fibre; Plant
Local Term
Measurements
10mm x 130mm
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
On the catalogue card the suffixes A and B have been added later to the accession number, as has the description for B.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1948.2361 A-B: 'A: Dress consisting of a large bunch of fibre bound together in the middle by green and cream raffia. The loose fibre hangs like an apron and it is tied by ?three cords round the waist. B: Narrow piece of raffia - used for weaving.
Probably somewhere round Lake Mulara.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1948.2361 A-B: 'A: Has been folded over for storage, and cannot be easily unfolded or laid flat. B: Has been wound into a bundle, and so has been measured as a bundle.'
Event Date 2/3/2005
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Narrow piece of raffia used for weaving. Wound into a bundle.
Event Date 28/11/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:300275
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