Arm Band

29-94-106

From: Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-94-106
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Kenya
Section African
Materials Iron | Leather
Description

Ring of plaited thong, with lengths of iron chain attached. The ornament resembles those worn by Kikuyu men, having the chains depending from an iron ring. See Routledge, With a Prehistoric People, pl. XII and pl. XIII, fig. 5.

Length 46 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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