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Basket

National Museums of Kenya

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

This basket is made from wild sisal and colored with vegetable dye. The women make and use the basket for carrying mostly maize to be taken to the mill for grinding and garden products from home to the market. Maasai borrowed this from the Kikuyu community.

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  • Title: Basket
  • Location: Kenya
  • Type: Basket
  • Rights: National Museums of Kenya
  • Medium: Sisal
  • Photographer: GibsPhotography
  • Local Name: Olkiodoit
  • Community: Dorobo
  • Collection Date: 1969-10-08
  • Collected By: Rod Blackburn
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