Baby carrier

Museum number:
5-6922
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006922
Alternate number:
52 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
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
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Ukambani; Kamba (Murdock...44:2)
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baby carriers
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
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
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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

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