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Hide cover, used as cover for child, when it is being carried on mother's back.
Hide cover, used as cover for child, when it is being carried on mother's back.
Object Number 973-42-50/11715
Display Title Hide cover, used as cover for child, when it is being carried on mother's back.
Descriptions
Object Description Hide cover, used as cover for child, when it is being carried on mother's back. "Ankalba" Considered a luxury item; sometimes it is also used to cover grain. 26" l 22" w
Inventory Description Cape, leather, 1 side dyed orng, strap at top sewn withhide, bottom fringed
Classification
  • Cape
Department Ethnographic
Date 1972
Culture
  • Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia / Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu
Materials Leather, Hide, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 102 x 57.6 x 0.5 cm (40 3/16 x 22 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-42-50/11715

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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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