Coffee bean holder

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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
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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