Object class: Jewelry or adornment worn around the neck or on the upper body / Donor: University Research Expeditions Program / Function: 2.1 Daily Garb - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Jewelry or adornment worn around the neck or on the upper body Donor University Research Expeditions Program Function 2.1 Daily Garb

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-13375, described as Necklace., Kenya, Gob Ore, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13375, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 40. File code: 2.1 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: White beads and brown seeds through which hole is poken to string on goat skin strip tied to a wider band of leather. Seeds from the Bureh tree (which grows near the river). Context of use: Worn around waist with beads in front by girls 3-6 years for decoration and for modesty. Description: Waistband- 14 strands of alternating small white beads and large brown seeds hanging from middle of wide leather band. E. band 65.5 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.