African Barkcloth Beater

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Date:1870 - 1900 (c.)

Description:This barkcloth beater, made from wood and horn, was collected in Africa by the traveller and diarist Helen Caddick, who lived in York Road, Edgbaston.

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Women's History Literature Hobbies Gender Edgbaston Caddick, Helen Birmingham Archives African and African-Caribbean 1801-1900 (19th century)

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'Questions of Travel': the lives of Benjamin Stone and Helen Caddick*

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Donor ref:BM&AG: 1915A53.1 (88/1448)

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