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1946.3.135

Sample of plaited rope.

1946.3.135

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sample of plaited rope.
Geographical reference
Somalia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Somalia
Darod Ogaden Moti Afmadu
Cultural groups
Darod
Person
Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
PRM source Diana Powell-Cotton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1934
Date collected
1934 - 1935
Acquisition information
Donated: Donated Found unentered: 03/1946
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Process Plaited, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Length: max 580 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.3.135 Other numbers: B 443
Research and responses

Ethnologue does not mention Darod but it is not clear whether this is a group or a place. [SHD 8/5/2000]

Search terms: Specimen, Cordage, Dwelling, Cord

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