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Hearst Museum object titled Carrying cloth, accession number 16-20071, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Carrying cloth, accession number 16-20072, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 16-20070, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Frame, accession number 5-13318c, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 5-13318a-c, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 5-13318a, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 5-13313a, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Jug and lid, accession number 5-13313a,b, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Leather rope, accession number 5-13397, described as Be-et., Kenya, Gob Ore, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13397, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 60. File code: 1.4 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: 4 sections plaited signal fibers over which is camel leather skin is dried & softened in water and plaited wet- several damaged sections of both leather and sisal. Context of use: Made and used by women to hold main frame put on camel for loads when moving. They use sticks from house as basic frame on to which other items are tied. Strap goes around camel's chest and tied in back to rope. Description: Strap- leather strips wound around 4 rows of plaited sisal fibers- The end with 4 tassels of sisal- other end loop of wound leather strips. L=340 cm. W=6 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.
Hearst Museum object titled Leather rope, accession number 5-13660, described as DAH., Kenya; Gob Dogo (village); Rendille. Summer, 1978. 5-13660, acc no. 3433. Orig. No. 48c. File code: 1.4 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Camel leather from freshly slaughtered animal skin is put into hole in th ground until hair rots off, skin is cut around as one peels an orange. Softened with water. Six strips used to braid the rope. Context of use: Made by married women only. *Used to tie the house mats and long poles to camel during a move. Also used to tie thorn bushes which are dragged behind camel during the move and which will be used for a fence at the new gob. Used by women and girls only. Description: Rope; braided,; leather l L=4.17 M. Reference: for additional information, please see field sheet #JC48(JC19)

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