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: STORAGE BASKET. PLAIN SISAL BAG COVERED WITH COWRIE SHELLS; DECORATED WITH FRINGES OF HANDMADE KAMBA CHAIN, ALUMINUM AND IRON BELLS, COINS DATING BETWEEN 1924 AND 1956 (AND ONE COIN THAT IS NOT READABLE); RED, WHITE AND BLUE SMALL BEADS, LARGE ANNULAR AMBER BEADS AND LARGE WHITE BEADS ON A STRAP. STRAP OF RED CLOTH LINED WITH NATURAL BROWN. LONG FRINGED LEATHER ATTATCHMENTS WITH BRASS AND IRON HANDMADE BEADS, COINS AND BELLS AT THE ENDS; ONE CONUS SHELL DISC AT RIM. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR, THIS BAG IS USED FOR STORING PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS INSIDE THE HOUSE. MAKER UNKNOWN, DATES PERHAPS TO 1956, ACCORDING TO PRESENCE OF COINS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2018
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: E425123-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 19.5 cm
label: Length
content: 14.5 cm