Cloak
Wedding Dress
95-6-1
From: Kenya | Nairobi | Masa Mara
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 95-6-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Masai |
Provenience | Kenya | Nairobi | Masa Mara |
Date Made | 20th Century |
Section | African |
Materials | Leather | Ochre | Glass |
Technique | Beaded | Stained |
Description | Cloak of wedding dress, leather with ochre stain, bead work around part of edge and patterned beads in lines from beaded edge. Has several patches and some breaks. Beads are red, black, yellow, orange, blue, lime-green, variegated purple/white. |
Length | 113.2 cm |
Width | 132.4 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Carol B. Pye, 1995 |
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