Sample of Qui plant fiber - prepared by poounding for tying thatch to frame of s – Objects

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Object Number 51-60-50/8803

Display Title Sample of Qui plant fiber - prepared by poounding for tying thatch to frame of s

Descriptions

Object Description Sample of Qui plant fiber - prepared by poounding for tying thatch to frame of skerm

Inventory Description Twig, dried

Classification

Wood

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Gautsche Pan; Kai Kai, 10-20 mi. west of

Materials Twig

Dimensions Overall: 30 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm (11 13/16 x 1/16 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 51-60-50/8803

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (Summer 1951)

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
51-60-50/8832	Fibre used in tying skerm frame in rainy season	Wood	Africa
51-60-50/8842	Plant specimen - poisonous to cattle	Wood	Africa
2001.29.1389	Children, Carrying: //Khuga (wife of "Crooked /Qui") tying her daughter, Bau, into a sling on her back		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
2005.3.74.5	Closeup of house frame-work showing method of tying wall plate to transverse beam and flanged top of upright for receiving stringer.		British Guiana
51-60-50/8802.2	Sample of grass - used for thatch	Grass	Africa
51-60-50/8802.1	Sample of grass - used for thatch	Grass	Africa
51-60-50/8799.1	2 reeds - used for fibre	Wood	Africa
2001.29.28584	"/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm		Nama Pan
2001.29.22607	"/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm, with //Kushay standing		Nama Pan
2001.29.22606	"/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm		Nama Pan
2001.29.31113	[No folder title]: "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm, with //Kushay standing (print is a cropped image)		Nama Pan
2001.29.31112	[No folder title]: "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm (print is a cropped image)		Nama Pan

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