Bamenda bags - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73571 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Raphia mambillensis | Entry Book Number | 37.1995.9 | |
| Artefact Name | Bamenda bags | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Cameroon | TDWG Region | Cameroon | ||
| Parts Held | Bamenda bags | Geography Description | Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Bamenda | ||
| Uses | Bamenda bagsUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Nkafel J | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Rumball N | Collector No | 46 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/10/1995 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Bamenda bags are made in Bamenda from young stems of raffia, stripped of bark, beaten and loom woven. Traditional dyes are usually used. The bags are worn over the shoulder by women, and across the body by men. The bags are held in shape by a stick of, Arachis stem. A cows horn is often carried in the bag for drinking out of. | ||||