Waist ornament

Museum number:
5-6905
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
45 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Native name: Mutilima Waist ornament; open circle of red, red-orange and white glass beads strung on fiber twine and wound around cloth core; diam. 27 cm. Worn by girls around waist during dancing Made by women
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Ukambani; Kamba (Murdock...44:2)
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1965
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Waist ornament, accession number 5-6905, described as Native name: Mutilima Waist ornament; open circle of red, red-orange and white glass beads strung on fiber twine and wound around cloth core; diam. 27 cm. Worn by girls around waist during dancing Made by womenHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Waist ornament, accession number 5-6905, described as Native name: Mutilima Waist ornament; open circle of red, red-orange and white glass beads strung on fiber twine and wound around cloth core; diam. 27 cm. Worn by girls around waist during dancing Made by women
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Waist ornament, accession number 5-6905, described as Native name: Mutilima Waist ornament; open circle of red, red-orange and white glass beads strung on fiber twine and wound around cloth core; diam. 27 cm. Worn by girls around waist during dancing Made by women

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