Container Basket "Thungi"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 May 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Donna R. Klumpp
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Donna R. Klumpp
notes: label: Notes
content: Small utilitarian container basket. Rows of red and white beads on medium brown sisal base. Two copper chains. Donor says "...beads on the wefts fixed between the warps. The bag is attached by loops of fine copper chain to a belt of doubled brass handmade Kamba chain....this type of bag is worn by women around the waist under the clothing to secure money, tobacco, and valuables while working in the shamba or travelling."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nairobi, Central Province, Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kamba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380509
label: USNM Number
content: E425577-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 7.1 cm