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Object Number 51-60-50/8832
Display Title Fibre used in tying skerm frame in rainy season
Descriptions
Inventory Description Twigs, dried, some leafy material
Classification
  • Wood
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Garu; Tsum Kwe Pan, near
Materials Twig
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 9.6 x 1.7 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-60-50/8832
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (Summer 1951)

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Sample of Qui plant fiber - prepared by poounding for tying thatch to frame of s
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Wood
Africa
2 reeds - used for fibre
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Africa
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Skerm built for the rainy season, close-up
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/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Skerm built for the rainy season, close-up
2001.29.26751 Skerm built for the rainy season, close-up
/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Two young people sitting and eating in front of a rainy season skerm
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Mangetti Forest
Image Not Available for Family sitting in front of a skerm in rainy season
2001.29.9510 Family sitting in front of a skerm in rainy season
Tsumkwe
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Wood
Africa
Bundle of sticks used for making baskets
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Wood
Plant specimen - poisonous to cattle
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Wood
Africa
Sample of aromatic root ground and mixed with grease and red powder - used for u
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Floral
Africa
Native gum (larrea mexicana); canteria larreae deposited by scale
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Wood
United States