Bag of cordage

Museum number:
5-6031
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006031
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
String bag; coiled sisal; 6 bands alternating red and red blue on natural yellow; leather strap; 50 x 40 cm.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Kabete market; Kikuyu
Culture or time period:
Kikuyu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers), Basketry (object genre), and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag of cordage, accession number 5-6031, described as String bag; coiled sisal; 6 bands alternating red and red blue on natural yellow; leather strap; 50 x 40 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag of cordage, accession number 5-6031, described as String bag; coiled sisal; 6 bands alternating red and red blue on natural yellow; leather strap; 50 x 40 cm.

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