On Mitepe and Their Owners (MS 53829e)
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Material Information

Title:
On Mitepe and Their Owners (MS 53829e)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection :
Creator:
Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1926 ( Author, Primary )
Sullivan, A. W. ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : In black, single-spaced type on thin paper

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Africa, East ( LCSH )
East Africa
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Shipping ( LCSH )
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Genre:
Essays ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

Abstract:
In two essays, dated 1933 and 1924, J. Clive and Sullivan, A. W. write about the kind of boat called mtepe. The former author focuses on the construction and appearance of the boats (‘The Mtepe’), while the latter focuses on economics: the financing of journeys (conducted to sell mangrove poles), the wages of crew and captain and relations with boat-owners (‘The Owners of Mitepe and Their Baharia’). ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition: 1933 and 1924 AD (1352 and 1343 A.H.)
General Note:
Languages: English (Roman script)
General Note:
Extent: 4 leaves
General Note:
Incipit: The mtepi, a craft constructed in the Bajun Islands of the Lamu Archipelago, and those of the coast of Italian Somaliland, is unique as far as Africa is concerned.
General Note:
Purchased from Kegan Paul, 26 November 1948
General Note:
Captain John Horace Clive (Official Gazette, 7 September 1921) sitting as Assistant Resident Commissioner passed his Law Examination, and (Official Gazette, 27 October 1926) was appointed to be Assistant District Commissioner, Fort Hall, with effect from 3 October 1926
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
MS 53829 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53829e ( SOAS manuscript number )