Necklace

18313

From: East Africa | Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 18313
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience East Africa | Kenya
Section African
Materials Cowrie | Mother-of-Pearl | Tusk | Pearl | Wood | Fiber
Description

Mother of pearl ring with notched edge- Diameter 5.2 cm. Half of a smaller shell ring, diam 5.4 cm.; 3 tusks length 5.8, 2.2 and 2 cm. ; 1 wood key 5.7 cm; 8 cowrie shell; 4 pearl beads; 1 pearl ball with groove around edge. All strung on fibre cord.

Length 27 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Robert H. Lamborn, 1894

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