Object name: Bundle of raffia / Collection place: Eastern Africa / Function: 8.3 For Manufacturing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bundle of raffia, accession number 5-13159, described as To-ror., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13159 acc no. 3174. File code: 8.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: From the Toror plant. Boiled for 4 days with mat fibers from Duom palm Context of use: Collected and used by women to dye fibers brown, for mats and baskets. Description: Dye- bundle of fibers. L. 22 cm w. 2 cm.