Bundle of raffia

Museum number:
5-13159
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013159
Description:
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.
Collection place:
Basuba, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Basuba, Boni
Culture or time period:
Aweer people
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August, 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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