- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pot hanger string of fine, twisted strands of pale corn colour. With plaited section bound at the top with a piece of the cord. [LKG 15/07/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Tabora
- Cultural groups
- Nyamwezi
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1969
- Date collected
- 1969
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1971
- Materials and processes
- Material Sisal Fibre Plant, Process Twisted, Process Bound, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 1252 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1971.34.16
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