Coffee bean holder

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This plaited grass coffee bean holder was used in the part of East Africa now known as Uganda. It was brought back to Scotland as a missionary's memento.

The coffee-bean holder has a solid grass handle and a pointed receptacle containing coffee beans.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-062-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1916.54
• Date: 19th century
  
• Material: Grass
  
• Dimensions: 273 mm L
  
• What:
• Subject: Basketry
  
• Who:
• Where: Uganda
  
• Event:
• Description: Plaited coloured grass coffee-bean holder with a solid grass handleand a pointed receptacle containing coffee beans: East Central Africa, Uganda
  
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