Stripping the bark from the barkcloth tree, Uganda
Stripping the bark from the barkcloth tree, Uganda. Barkcloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda people who live in the Buganda kingdom in southern Uganda. The bark once stripped from the tree is hammered out with wooden mallets. Before the introduction of cotton, barkcloth was generally worn, but is now only used for ceremonial garb
Picture No
11678105
Media ID
46691316
Size
3473px x 5487px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Raphael Tuck - Uganda Government series 1 poatcard
Date
circa 1910s
