cape
- Museum number
- Af1947,34.21
- Description
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Skin cape with cream-beige short fur on it and straps for tying round neck; worn by men.
- Production date
- 1932 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 68 centimetres
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Width: 50 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1947:
"AKALAJA"- Skin cape "worn by males & turned up over the head during rain to protect the headdress."
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Acquisition notes
- Af1947,34.1 to 32 were given by A M Champion, a district officer in Kenya. The register records his notes on their source (mainly West Suk or Turkana in north-west Kenya), local names and usage. They had been "Collected by the donor in about 1932."
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1947,34.21