Indigenous Kenyan Craft

15 Grade 9 Creative Arts & Sports questions on Indigenous Kenyan Craft, with worked marking schemes. 15 questions are available on this topic in full.

1. Question 1

   4 marks

   Weaving of kiondos is an important activity in many Kenyan communities.

   (a) Explain the term 'weaving' as an indigenous craft technique. (2 marks)

   (b) Give TWO benefits of indigenous crafts to a Kenyan community. (2 marks)

   (4 marks)

   Marking scheme

   (a) Weaving is the interlacing of strands/fibres (such as sisal) over and under each other to make a product such as a basket or mat. (2) (b) Any TWO (1 each): provides income/employment; preserves culture and passes on skills; produces useful items for daily use; can attract tourists; uses locally available materials.

2. Question 2

   1 mark

   A Maasai woman threads small colourful beads onto wire to make a decorated neck ornament. This indigenous Kenyan craft is best described as:

   A. Weaving

   B. Carving

   C. Beadwork

   D. Pottery

   (1 mark)

   Marking scheme for this question

   Create a free account to see it

3. Question 3

   1 mark

   An artisan shapes wet clay into a cooking pot with the hands and later dries and fires it. This indigenous craft of making objects from clay is called:

   A. Basketry

   B. Beadwork

   C. Pottery

   D. Tie and dye

   (1 mark)

   Marking scheme for this question

   Create a free account to see it

4. Question 4

   4 marks

   An artisan demonstrates how to make a clay cooking pot.

   (a) Name the indigenous craft that involves shaping objects from clay. (1 mark)

   (b) Describe THREE steps followed in making a simple clay pot. (3 marks)

   (4 marks)

   Marking scheme for this question

   Create a free account to see it

5. Question 5

   1 mark

   A community elder teaches learners to make a traditional basket (kiondo) by interlacing strands of sisal over and under each other. This indigenous craft technique is known as:

   A. Modelling

   B. Carving

   C. Weaving

   D. Casting

   (1 mark)

   Marking scheme for this question

   Create a free account to see it

6. Question 6

   1 mark

   A craftsman uses a chisel and mallet to cut and shape a piece of wood into an animal figure. This indigenous craft technique of shaping wood by cutting away material is called:

   A. Carving

   B. Dyeing

   C. Weaving

   D. Moulding

   (1 mark)

   Marking scheme for this question

   Create a free account to see it

7. Question 7

   1 mark

   A learner ties several tight knots on plain cloth, dips it in dye and then unties it to reveal a patterned design. This indigenous fabric decoration technique is known as:

   A. Embroidery

   B. Carving

   C. Tie and dye

   D. Weaving

   (1 mark)

   Marking scheme for this question

   Create a free account to see it

8. Question 8

   6 marks

   A Grade 9 class visits a local artisan market where craftspeople sell items made using traditional Kenyan craft skills, and the teacher asks the learners to record what they observe.

   (a) State what is meant by indigenous Kenyan craft. (2 marks)

   (b) Identify TWO indigenous Kenyan crafts and, for each, name a material used to make it. (4 marks)

   (6 marks)

   Marking scheme

   (a) Indigenous Kenyan craft refers to traditional handmade functional or decorative items produced by Kenyan communities using locally available materials and skills passed down through generations. (b) Any two crafts with materials, e.g. basketry/kiondo - made from sisal fibres (or palm leaves); pottery - made from clay; weaving/mats - made from reeds, sisal or palm leaves; wood carving - made from wood; beadwork/ornaments - made from beads (and leather/string); gourd decoration (calabash) - made from gourds; leatherwork (sandals/shields) - made from animal hide/leather.

9. Question 9

   6 marks

   A Grade 9 class visits a local artisan market where craftspeople sell traditional items.

   (a) State what is meant by 'indigenous Kenyan craft'. (2 marks)

   (b) Identify TWO indigenous Kenyan crafts and, for each, name a material used to make it. (4 marks)

   (6 marks)

   Marking scheme

   (a) Indigenous Kenyan craft refers to traditional handmade functional or decorative items produced by Kenyan communities using locally available materials and skills passed down through generations. (2) (b) Any TWO crafts with a correct material (2 marks each): basketry/kiondo - sisal fibres (or palm leaves); pottery - clay; beadwork - beads (and wire/string); wood carving - wood; tie and dye - cloth/fabric and dye.

10. Question 10

    1 mark

    Skills of making an indigenous Kenyan craft such as basketry are traditionally acquired mainly through:

    A. Downloading instructions from the internet

    B. Being passed down from elders to the young

    C. Formal university degrees only

    D. Importing them from other countries

    (1 mark)

    Marking scheme for this question

    Create a free account to see it

11. Question 11

    4 marks

    Learners are asked to compare two indigenous decorative crafts.

    (a) Describe how a tie-and-dye pattern is made on cloth. (3 marks)

    (b) State ONE way beadwork differs from tie and dye. (1 mark)

    (4 marks)

    Marking scheme

    (a) Any 3 points: the cloth is folded/knotted or tied tightly in several places; the tied cloth is dipped/soaked in dye; it is then removed, dried and untied; the tied areas resist the dye and remain lighter, revealing a pattern. (3) (b) Beadwork uses beads threaded on wire/string to create ornaments, whereas tie and dye colours and patterns cloth using dye (any reasonable distinction). (1)

12. Question 12

    1 mark

    A Grade 9 learner researching Kenyan folk songs notes that they are often passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth and are linked to events like weddings, harvests and circumcision. Which feature of indigenous Kenyan music does this BEST describe?

    A. They are always written down in staff notation

    B. They are functional and orally transmitted

    C. They are performed only by professional soloists

    D. They use only Western musical instruments

    (1 mark)

    Marking scheme for this question

    Create a free account to see it

13. Question 13

    1 mark

    A Grade 9 class visits a Kamba market and observes artisans carving figures of animals and people from wood to sell to tourists. This indigenous Kenyan craft is best described as:

    A. Pottery

    B. Wood carving

    C. Weaving

    D. Basketry

    (1 mark)

    Marking scheme for this question

    Create a free account to see it

14. Question 14

    1 mark

    Which raw material is MOST commonly used to weave a traditional kiondo basket in many Kenyan communities?

    A. Cattle horn

    B. Glass beads

    C. Wet clay

    D. Sisal fibres

    (1 mark)

    Marking scheme for this question

    Create a free account to see it

15. Question 15

    1 mark

    A cooperative of women weavers sells their kiondos at a market and to tourists. Apart from cultural value, the MOST direct benefit of this indigenous craft to the community is that it:

    A. Replaces the school curriculum

    B. Provides income and employment

    C. Predicts the weather

    D. Cures diseases

    (1 mark)

    Marking scheme for this question

    Create a free account to see it

16. 11 more marking schemes are on this page. A free account opens all of them, and lets you build your own paper on the topics you have actually taught, laid out in KNEC format with its full marking scheme.

    Create a free account

More Grade 9 Creative Arts & Sports topics