Necklace

95-22-9

From: Tanzania

Curatorial Section: African

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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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