Catalog Number
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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 | |