Earring

Museum number:
5-13273
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013273
Accession number:
Acc.3321
Description:
Earring., Kenya, Masai. 5-13273, acc no. 3321. File code: 2.2 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Glass beads; shell buttons; aluminum; wire Description: Earring; long double loop of varicolored glass beads over wire connected to beaded bar decorated with 2 buttons and 3 pendants of beads and aluminum; l. incl. pendants 28.5 cm.
Donor:
Harold B. Van Maren and Mrs. Harold B. Van Maren
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Masai
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 5-13273, described as Earring., Kenya, Masai. 5-13273, acc no. 3321. File code: 2.2 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Glass beads; shell buttons; aluminum; wire Description: Earring; long double loop of varicolored glass beads over wire connected to beaded bar decorated with 2 buttons and 3 pendants of beads and aluminum; l. incl. pendants 28.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 5-13273, described as Earring., Kenya, Masai. 5-13273, acc no. 3321. File code: 2.2 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Glass beads; shell buttons; aluminum; wire Description: Earring; long double loop of varicolored glass beads over wire connected to beaded bar decorated with 2 buttons and 3 pendants of beads and aluminum; l. incl. pendants 28.5 cm.

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