Object Number | 95-22-9 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Maasai |
Provenience | Tanzania |
Date Made | ca. 1979 |
Section | African |
Materials | Leather | Bead |
Description | Man's Necklace. Beads sown to surface of a flat leather strap which is slightly rounded at each end. At the rounded ends there is a hole for a thong to go through to tie it on. Part of the thong is there at one end. Row of flat disc beads down the middle, mostly red with 1 white and 2 yellow. Flanked on each side by 6 rows of small round beads, mostly blue on one side and light blue on the other with a regular interspersing of areas or rows of white/red to form a constant parallel pattern. |
Length | 18.3 cm |
Width | 4.3 cm |
Thickness | 0.4 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Klaus, 1995 |
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