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Object Number 2004.29.12172
Display Title Rafts of elephant grass for bringing in salt
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kative / Salt Lake / Bahima Group? / Banyankole Tribe? / Bantu / Kative Salt Lake - W. Ankole - rafts of elephant / grass for bringing in salt / (Uganda) / Gift of Dr. John C. Phillips 1925."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1925
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Kative Salt Lake. W. Ankole.
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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