Fisher, Alfred Hugh 1867-1945

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Visual Instruction Committee

2003-07-30

Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge.

Image

93 x 68 mm. Showing a Ugandan woman seated in a hut beating out barkcloth against a stone with a wooden mallet. After a section of bark had been peeled from the tree, the outer layer was discarded and the rest alternately beaten and dried until a tough fibrous material was produced. Photograph taken circa 1906-1911.

Uganda (Africa)

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