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CAS 0471-0043   CAS 0471-0043; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
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 Metal: Iron; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.2, Thickness = 2.2, Length = 16.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0513-0028   CAS 0513-0028; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
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 1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal; Wood: hagar (Commiphora paolii); Ochre; Animal fat
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 3.8, Length = 31.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0528-0016   CAS 0528-0016; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
Culture Tiriki (?)
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Northeast Kisumu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Metal: Steel
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.0, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 47.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0513-0083A,B   CAS 0513-0083A,B; Knife with sheath
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife with sheath
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 A: Metal; Wood; Goat leather; B: Goat hide
Description A: Knife; B: Sheath
Dimensions (cm) Width = A=2.0; B=3.2, Thickness = A=1.5; B=0.7, Length = A=18.4; B=24.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0471-0067   CAS 0471-0067; Medicine cone
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Medicine cone
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 Seed pod; Leather
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 10.1, Length = 12.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0471-0083   CAS 0471-0083; Medicine cone
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Medicine cone
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 Horn; Wood; Tar
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 5.1, Length = 12.0

Catalog Number CAS 0493-0230   CAS 0493-0230; Mortar
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Mortar
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
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 21.4, Thickness = 1.9, Max Diam = 13.5

Catalog Number CAS 0493-0231   CAS 0493-0231; Mortar
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Mortar
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
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Wood
Description Cylindrical wooden mortar with a constricted base and no designs.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 27.1, Thickness = 3.5, Rim Diam = 17.9, Max Diam = 18.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0493-0260   CAS 0493-0260; Mortar
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Mortar
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
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Stone: basalt
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.9, Thickness = 4.6, Max Diam = 16.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0493-0390   CAS 0493-0390; Mule bit
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Mule bit
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
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Metal: Iron; Hide
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.6, Thickness = 2.3, Length = 64.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0493-0335   CAS 0493-0335; Muzzle for camel
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Muzzle for camel
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 1977
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Plant fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 13.0, Length = 53.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0493-0336   CAS 0493-0336; Muzzle for camel
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Muzzle for camel
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
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Plant fiber (Sansevieria)
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 16.0, Length = 53.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0493-0101   CAS 0493-0101; Needle holder
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Needle holder
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
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Bone: goat leg
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.3, Thickness = 1.9, Length = 12.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0018-0074   CAS 0018-0074; Pestle
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pestle
Culture
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya or Tanzania
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.9, Length = 10.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0493-0261   CAS 0493-0261; Pestle
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pestle
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
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Quartzite
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.0, Depth = 4.5, Length = 9.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0493-0232   CAS 0493-0232; Pestle
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pestle
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
Collection Name Torry Collection (Gabra)
Materials Wood
Description Cylindrical pestle with one tapered end.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 27.1, Max Diam = 4.8, Length = 41.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0513-0065   CAS 0513-0065; Pestle
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pestle
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 Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 5.5, Length = 37.0

Catalog Number CAS 0528-0032   CAS 0528-0032; Pipe
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pipe
Culture Tiriki
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 Metal; Clay; Trade beads; String
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.8, Thickness = 5.8, Length = 26.8

Catalog Number CAS 0528-0033   CAS 0528-0033; Pipe
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pipe
Culture Tiriki
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal; Clay; Glass beads; String
Description Man's smoking pipe with cylindrical jar-shaped pipe bowl, decorated with 3 small appliquéd clay lumps around lower sides and series of parallel incised lines around upper neck; Cylindrical side extension on base is fitted with long slender meal pipe stem, most of which is spiral wrapped with single strand of plastic beads strung on black string and grouped in blocks of solid colors (blue, white, and red); Exposed proximal end of pipe stem is slightly curved.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.7, Width = 6.2, Length = 33.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0528-0034   CAS 0528-0034; Pipe bowl
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pipe bowl
Culture Tiriki
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Northeast Kisumu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Clay
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.0, Max Diam = 5.0
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