Samburu Clay Figure
name: label: Collector
content: K. Loughran
label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: A red painted clay doll figure with fabric dress, likely made by the Samburu people of north central Kenya. The figure is quite heavy for its size and fashioned from mud clay then painted with red pigment, likely ochre. The figure has a disproportionately large neck and chest mound, around which it is likely glass bead necklaces would have been strung. The figure's face is molded and accented with embedded beads and a row of beads extended down the chest area, though some have fallen out. A piece of printed purple, orange, black, and white cloth has been wrapped around the figure and is tied with a length of string. The ochre pigment has stained the cloth and is rubbed away in several places on the figure, especially where the mud has chipped.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Africa, Kenya
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Samburu
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400703
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Clay, Fabric, String, Glass