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Object Number
34-91-50/811
Display Title
Unfinished fibre string
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Vegetable fiber string, multiple strands twisted together, tan, ends frayed
Classification
- Ropes
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maragoli
- Tereki
- Hamite
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Kenya
/
Western Province
/
Kakamega
/
Kaimosi
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 116 x 1.4 x 1 cm (45 11/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-91-50/811
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