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GHR-KE-2017-00006 Registered

Parish register

Maker unknown · c. 1903–1908

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Identification

Reference
GHR-KE-2017-00006
Object
Parish registerVerified
Category
Manuscript, ledger or archive
Maker
Unknown
Date
c. 1903–1908Estimated from style, construction or expert opinionEstimate
Made in
Not recorded
Current location
Kisumu, Kenya
Registered
27 Nov 2017

Physical description

Applicant-submitted

Parish register, with dated daily entries. Used in Kisumu for much of its working life.

Height
313 mm
Width
267 mm
Depth
74 mm
Weight
Not recorded

Method: Measured at inspection

Materials
Paper, iron-gall ink, quarter-leather binding
Condition
Fair — Some damage, losses or later repairs.Applicant-submitted
Condition notes
Losses to the surface and one replaced component.

Provenance and custody history

Applicant-submitted

Eldoret Industrial Heritage Society, 1938: Transferred into an institutional collection. Thika Heritage Trust, 1989: Institutional transfer by the current custodian.

  1. c. 1903–1908
    Maker unknown Manufacture
    Made.
    EstimateSource: Specialist opinion
  2. 1938
    Eldoret Industrial Heritage Society Transfer · Kisumu
    Transferred into an institutional collection.
    Applicant-submittedSource: Bill of sale
  3. 1989
    Thika Heritage Trust Transfer · Kisumu
    Institutional transfer by the current custodian.
    Applicant-submittedSource: Accession register
  4. 2017
    Thika Heritage Trust Registration · Kisumu
    Entered on the Global Heritage Registry.
    VerifiedSource: Registry decision
Acquired by current custodian
Institutional transfer, 1989 — Eldoret Industrial Heritage SocietyVerified

Inspections and verification

No physical inspection has been carried out. Facts marked Verified were confirmed from documentary evidence.