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Catalog Number |
CAS 0513-0128 | |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Apron | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Gabraland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Gob Silamo; Marsabit, Gabraland | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1941 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Plastic beads; Ostrich egg shell beads; Bureh tree seed beads; Goat leather | |
| Description | Apron worn (with bead fringes in front) around waist over a leather skirt; Worn by unmarried girls of Galdalen clan and Sapaade age set; Apron consists of single strand of beads (white plastic beads at back, round disc beads of ostrich egg shell at front) on leather thong, with 19 shorter strings of ostrich egg shell beads looped over main strand and tied to form short fringes; Each fringe ends with single bureh (also identified as bubunto) tree seed bead, goat skin leather fringes, and additional white (and 1 yellow) plastic beads. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 40.0, Thickness = 1.2, Length = ca. 33.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0493-0306 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bag | |
| Culture | Gabra | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Meikona, Gabraland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Meikona, Gabraland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | 1973 | |
| Collection Name | Torry Collection (Gabra) | |
| Materials | Camel hide | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 40.0, Width = 37.0, Thickness = 5.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0513-0075 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bag | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Goat hide; Cow hide | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 29.0, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 22.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0513-0076 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bag | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | 1977 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Goat hide | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.0, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 24.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0513-0155 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bag | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Calf skin; Cotton thread | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 29.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 42.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0471-0107 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beaded leather strip | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 19.2, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 40.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0471-0087 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beaded leather strip | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 12.2, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 37.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0471-0096 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Cape | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Gitaru | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Sheep skin | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 108.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 169.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0471-0085 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Cape | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 121.0, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 119.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0471-0089 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Cape | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Gitaru | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 121.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 118.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0493-0379 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Container harness | |
| Culture | Gabra | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Gabraland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Shura | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Torry Collection (Gabra) | |
| Materials | Leather | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.9, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 35.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0493-0438 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Dress | |
| Culture | Gabra | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Meikona, Gabraland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Meikona, Gabraland | |
| Maker's Name | Owner’s mother (name not recorded) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1973 | |
| Collection Name | Torry Collection (Gabra) | |
| Materials | Goat hide; Sheep skin | |
| Description | Woman’s one-piece wrap-around dress, made in three rectangular panels (2 wide and 1 narrow) that are seamed together side by side; Upper half of each panel consists of a single rectangular piece of goat or sheep skin and the lower half consists of alternating narrow and wide skin strips; When the three panels are laid out along side each other, a narrow strip similar to the ones in the lower half of each panel is laid along the entire length of each panel, extending from the top to the bottom; According to original field notes, this dress is worn by wrapping it around a woman’s body, under her arms, and securing it by a shoulder strap or belt; In pre-colonial times, married women wore this type of dress for daily wear, and might have been buried in it, but now (in 1977), it is only worn at a woman’s wedding and may or may not be worn for burial. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 132.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = ca. 136.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0493-0439 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Dress | |
| Culture | Gabra | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Meikona, Gabraland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Meikona, Gabraland | |
| Maker's Name | Owner’s mother (name not recorded) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1976 | |
| Collection Name | Torry Collection (Gabra) | |
| Materials | Goat hide; Sheep skin | |
| Description | Woman’s one-piece wrap-around dress, made in three rectangular panels (2 wide, 1 narrow) that are seamed together side by side; Upper half of each panel consists of a single rectangular piece of goat or sheep skin and the lower half consists of alternating narrow and wide skin strips in alternating light brown and dyed (?) reddish brown colors; When the three panels are laid out along side each other, a narrow strip similar to the ones in the lower half of each panel is laid along the entire length of each panel, extending from the top to the bottom; According to original field notes, this dress is worn by wrapping it around a woman’s body, under her arms, and securing it by a shoulder strap or belt; In pre-colonial times, married women wore this type of dress for daily wear, and might have been buried in it, but now (in 1977), it is only worn at a woman’s wedding and may or may not be worn for burial. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 119.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = ca. 132.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0471-0088 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Dress | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 124.5, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 141.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0471-0102 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Dress | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Gitaru | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Goat hide; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 88.5, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 86.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0471-0098 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Dress | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Gitaru | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Goat hide; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 83.5, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 81.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0315-0007 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Dress | |
| Culture | Kikuyu | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Goat hide; Dye | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 135.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 121.9 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0003-0002 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Leather garment | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Samburu | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 58.0, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 71.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0003-0003 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Leather garment | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Samburu | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 63.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 65.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0493-0380 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Milk container harness | |
| Culture | Gabra | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Gabraland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Shura | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Torry Collection (Gabra) | |
| Materials | Leather | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.5, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 144.5 | |
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