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Object Number 2004.29.12168
Display Title Fish trap
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bahima Group? / Banyankole? / Bantu / Fish trap Ruchuru Plains near L. Edward Tribe? / Rutsuru Plains / Gift of John C. Phillips 1925"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1925
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Ruchuru (Rutsuru) Plains
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 17.145 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. John C. Phillips

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Child sitting under small hut, larger hut in background
2004.29.12164 Child sitting under small hut, larger hut in background
Africa
Group next to fish trap
2004.29.12144 Group next to fish trap
Africa
Canoe made of slabs of bark roughly sewed together
2004.29.12163 Canoe made of slabs of bark roughly sewed together
Africa
Women drying grain in courtyard of house
2004.29.12165 Women drying grain in courtyard of house
Uganda
Bridge
2004.29.12166 Bridge
Uganda
Sem-sem drying
2004.29.12167 Sem-sem drying
Africa
Rafts of elephant grass for bringing in salt
2004.29.12172 Rafts of elephant grass for bringing in salt
Uganda
Two men on shoreline next to piles of salt
2004.29.12173 Two men on shoreline next to piles of salt
Uganda
Three people in front of a hut
2004.29.12176 Three people in front of a hut
Africa
Woman and boy in front of hut
2004.29.12177 Woman and boy in front of hut
Africa
Elephant grass rafts
2004.29.12170 Elephant grass rafts
Uganda
Crude salt pried off bottom of lake
2004.29.12169 Crude salt pried off bottom of lake
Uganda