Bag

Museum number:
5-6908
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006908
Alternate number:
46 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Native name: Kthungi or kyondo String bag; twined sisal string with parallel band designs, two red, one black; leather strap attached to leather piece at both ends; strap split into 3 pieces at each end with pieces of brass crimped around it; glass disc beads at strap ends; h. 23 cm; dia. 33 cm. Materials: Twined sisal; leather; brass; beads Used by women to carry things. Strap looped over head with bag supported on back. Made by women
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:
Bags (generic containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 5-6908, described as Native name: Kthungi or kyondo String bag; twined sisal string with parallel band designs, two red, one black; leather strap attached to leather piece at both ends; strap split into 3 pieces at each end with pieces of brass crimped around it; glass disc beads at strap ends; h. 23 cm; dia. 33 cm. Materials: Twined sisal; leather; brass; beads Used by women to carry things. Strap looped over head with bag supported on back. Made by womenHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 5-6908, described as Native name: Kthungi or kyondo String bag; twined sisal string with parallel band designs, two red, one black; leather strap attached to leather piece at both ends; strap split into 3 pieces at each end with pieces of brass crimped around it; glass disc beads at strap ends; h. 23 cm; dia. 33 cm. Materials: Twined sisal; leather; brass; beads Used by women to carry things. Strap looped over head with bag supported on back. Made by women
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 5-6908, described as Native name: Kthungi or kyondo String bag; twined sisal string with parallel band designs, two red, one black; leather strap attached to leather piece at both ends; strap split into 3 pieces at each end with pieces of brass crimped around it; glass disc beads at strap ends; h. 23 cm; dia. 33 cm. Materials: Twined sisal; leather; brass; beads Used by women to carry things. Strap looped over head with bag supported on back. Made by women

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