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1968.20.96

Basketry purse with flap lid. Circular base. The bag is brown with orange and black strips. [RM [OPS move] 12/12/2016]

1968.20.96

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Collection type
Object
Description
Basketry purse with flap lid. Circular base. The bag is brown with orange and black strips. [RM [OPS move] 12/12/2016]
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
South East of Mount Kenya
Cultural groups
Tharaka
Person
Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon
PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1968
Date collected
1968
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material String, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height: max 133 mm, Depth: max 40 mm, Width: max 151 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1968.20.96 Other numbers: TH93
Research and responses

The 'TH' in the original collection number refers to the group - 'Tharaka.' For full text of Accession Book introduction (from Collections XVII Jean Brown Book III) see entry for 1968.20.1 and see also 1968.20.60 for details of the Tharaka. See also 1968.20.95 [OD 5/3/2001].

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