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Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 5-6676, described as Baby carrier; solid wooden cylinder with knob ends; wide piece of hide attached as back brace; hide strap; h. 30 cm; w. 16 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 5-6924, described as Half of a baby carrier; rectangular piece of cow hide folded at bottom to form flap; loop part of one strap at bottom; l. 47 cm; w. 35.

Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 5-6922, described as Native name: Ngoi Baby carrier; half; rectangular piece cowhide with smaller piece sewn and folded over to form flap; leather strap at top and part of one at bottom; one cowry sewn on front; l. 35 cm; w. 29 cm. Materials: Cow hide, leather, cowry Used by women to carry baby which sits facing mother's back. Top strap goes over mother's head, bottom around waist Made by men- special craftsman who also make leather quivers

Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 5-6923, described as Native name: Ngoi Half of a baby carrier; rectangular piece cowhide folded at top to form flap; leather strap at top and part of strap at bottom; l. 39 cm, w. 36 cm. Materials: Cow hide, leather Used by women to carry baby which sits facing mother's back. Top strap goes over mother's head, bottom around waist Made by men- special craftsman who also make leather quivers

Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 5-6921, described as Native name: Ngoi Baby carrier; two pieces rectangular cow hide sewn to form bag; one strap leather at top and one cloth, to which two pieces chain and one aluminum ornament attached, at bottom; l. 33 cm; w. 32 cm. Materials: Cow hide, leather, chain, aluminum Used by women to carry baby which sits facing mother's back. Top strap goes over mother's head, bottom around waist Made by men- special craftsman who also make leather quivers

Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-14220, described as Comb. Wood, bell-shaped with vertical teeth and hole at top, one tooth broken. Length 11 centimeters, width 5 centimeters. Techniques: made by men only, any hard wood; cut wood with axe to get thin flat piece; cut teeth and shape with sharp knife. Context of use: used by anyone for combing hair. This piece was purchased in 1967 by owner.

Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-6961, described as Native name: Kisanui- comb Comb; spade shaped wood with handle; red; l. 20 cm; w. 8 cm. Used by everybody for combing hair. Used by jerking the points in a backward motion. This type of comb is used all over AFrica and made by most tribes in Kenya. Materials: wood- matamayu tree Made by men Purchased by the collector in Nakuru market

Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-7879, described as Animal hide and tail fly whisk.

Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-6950, described as Fly whisk; black wildebeest tail with wood inserted as handle; wood extends beyond tail; L. 69.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-6820, described as Fly whisk; stick inserted in black and brown cow tail; l. 65 cm.