Child's Purse
Unidentified Kikuyu maker
Basketry and twine
Overall: 5 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (15 × 15 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Cynthia Saranec, Class of 1973W
173.24.25475
Geography
Place Made: Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
Object Name
Personal Gear: Purse
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
ITAL 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Tania Convertini, Fall 2022
Provenance
Collected by Cynthia Ross Saranec (Livermore), Karatina market, Kenya, July 1973; given to present collection, 1973.
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