Horn feather container with plaited leather handle, leather cap, leather straps and animal hair tassels. [Joanna Cole [OPS Move] 30/06/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Horn feather container with plaited leather handle, leather cap, leather straps and animal hair tassels. [Joanna Cole [OPS Move] 30/06/2016]
Long description: Horn feather container with plaited leather handle and leather cap. Attached to both ends of the plaited leather handle are lengths of leather with animal hair tassels attached. There are five tassels in total.[FC 05/08/2010]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; Baragoi
Cultural groups: Turkana
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 Animal Horn, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Animal Hair, Process Plaited, Process Perforated, Process Tied, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 80 mm, Length: max 310 mm of horn, Length: max 240 mm of straps, Length: max 70 mm of tassels
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.20.121 Other numbers: T25

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