Traditional bag

Object/Artifact

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Nso Traditional Catalog

Name/Title

Traditional bag

Entry/Object ID

2014.01.052ab

Description

Flat raffia bags with black figures and designs woven into them. Handles of black raffia braided and stitched part way down the center of the bag. Lower corners have black tassels. Edges decorated with black circular woven appendages. "A" has two figures on the front, "B" has twelve human figures, two animals that may be horses, and two fish like figures.

Context

Bags carried by title-holders in the Ngiri Society

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

a) H: 44 cm W: 38 cm\nb) H: 59 cm W: 49 cm

Material

raffia fiber