Collection: Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection / Contributing Institution: Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston / Subject (Geographic): Uganda - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Collection Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection ✖ Contributing Institution Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston ✖ Subject (Geographic) Uganda ✖

1. Walking stick

Date:: 1951 and 1989
Description:: Wooden cane-shaped walking stick; origin Ik people of Uganda.

2. Wooden rhinoceros carving

Wooden rhinoceros carving

Date:: 1965 and 1966
Description:: Wooden rhinoceros with a long horn, origin Uganda.

3. Water buffalo

Date:: 1965 and 1966
Description:: Black and brown water buffalo, head turned, origin Uganda.

4. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure

Date:: 1965 and 1966
Description:: Wooden figure with tether headdress of wire and a shield, made for tourists, origin Uganda.

5. Tuyere (kiln part)

Tuyere (kiln part)

Date:: 1965 and 1966
Description:: End of a pottery tuyere used in a kiln; a tuyere is a tube through which air or oxygen is blown into a blast furnace, a ceramic blow tube to keep the furnace hot; origin Uganda.

6. Bellows

Date:: 1965 and 1966
Description:: Bellows used with tuyere and kiln; top skin and stick are missing; origin Uganda.

7. Small wooden pot

Small wooden pot

Date:: 1965 and 1966
Description:: Small wooden pot, crudely done; origin Ik people of Uganda.

8. Wooden fork

Date:: 1951 and 1989
Description:: Wooden fork, dark wood; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

9. Wooden fork

Date:: 1951 and 1989
Description:: Wooden fork, dark wood; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

10. Harp

Date:: 1965 and 1966
Description:: Five string harp with a wooden body, animal skin across top, cord strings; very decorated with geometric pattern wood-burned into body, arm has giraffe-like spots; origin Uganda.