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Honey bag

National Museums of Kenya

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

This leather bag (Togel) made from Buffalo skin by old men for carrying honey from the forest is sewn with cow's sinew. When there is plenty of honey in the forest, old men would take their families (wives and grown-up daughters) to the forest with the Togel bag to fetch honey. While men fetched the honey from the beehives, the women would carry it home in the bags.

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  • Title: Honey bag
  • Location: Kenya
  • Type: Honey Skin Bag
  • Rights: National Museums of Kenya
  • Medium: Leather
  • Photographer: Gibsphotography
  • Local Name: Togel
  • Community: Endo
  • Collection Date: 1978-08-04
  • Collected By: J. Kasagam and S.Somjee
National Museums of Kenya

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