What historical time period does the slit drum
represent?
which piece of evidence best supports this
conclusion?
the drum was found by kitchener's army near khartoum
after the anglo-egyptian reconquest of the city. once
again it was re-carved - or re-branded - to make a
political statement: near the tail of the bush calf
kitchener added the emblem of the british crown. it was
then presented to queen victoria.
sudan was ruled as an anglo-egyptian territory from
1899 until independence in 1956. for most of that time,
the british policy was to divide the country into two
essentially separate regions -- the islamic, arabized
north and the increasingly christian african south.
-a history of the world in 100 objects,
neil macgregor