Carrier (Object)
AF2309
From: Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF2309 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Akamba |
| Provenience | Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Cowrie Shell |
| Description | Baby carrier. Square of leather covered with cowries, with strap and pendant thongs decorated with cowries. For carrying child strapped on back of mother with long strap over head. |
| Length | 33 cm |
| Width | 28 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1916 |
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