Shell

Museum number:
5-13101
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013101
Description:
Kal., Kenya, Mangai, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13101, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Freshwater mussel shell collected from rivers or swamps Context of use: Spoon used by anyone- collected by women, not used too frequently nowadays Description: Spoon, shell; length 10.5 cm, diameter 5 cm.
Collection place:
Mangai, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Mangai, Boni
Culture or time period:
Aweer people
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August, 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shell samples
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shell, accession number 5-13101, described as Kal., Kenya, Mangai, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13101, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Freshwater mussel shell collected from rivers or swamps Context of use: Spoon used by anyone- collected by women, not used too frequently nowadays Description: Spoon, shell; length 10.5 cm, diameter 5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shell, accession number 5-13101, described as Kal., Kenya, Mangai, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13101, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Freshwater mussel shell collected from rivers or swamps Context of use: Spoon used by anyone- collected by women, not used too frequently nowadays Description: Spoon, shell; length 10.5 cm, diameter 5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 5-13101, described as Kal., Kenya, Mangai, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13101, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Freshwater mussel shell collected from rivers or swamps Context of use: Spoon used by anyone- collected by women, not used too frequently nowadays Description: Spoon, shell; length 10.5 cm, diameter 5 cm.

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