A canoe on the Lake Victoria Nyanza
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Contributors
Walker, R. H., fl 1900-1901
Creation Date
2003-11-14
Publication Date
2004-11-05Publisher
Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge.
Language
en_GB
Type
Image
Metadata
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107 x 74 mm. The photograph is annotated: 'Built to carry 22 paddlers a steersman and about 15 passengers. Antelopes horns are for ornament in front. The canoe is in five pieces sewn together with fibre from a palm tree. Eleven thwarts hold it together and act as seats'. The photograph is numbered '23' in bottom left corner. Album annotated: 'Photographs taken in Uganda in early part of 1900, or before this - by Mr Hattersley C.M.S.'.
Spatial Coverage
Victoria, Lake (Africa)
Temporal Coverage
start=1900; end=1900; scheme=DCTERMS.W3CDTF
Relationships
Host Item: RCS Photograph Collection, Y3045T.
Rights
Copyright Cambridge University Library.