Necklace

Museum number:
5-13417
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013417
Alternate number:
123
Accession number:
Acc.3332
Description:
Mun-Ka., Kenya, Gob Dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13417, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 123. File code: 5.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Strip of lion skin from lion killed by group of boys. Tied with tree bark. Context of use: Tied around leg below knee. Used marriage day and for 4 days afterwards- worn by groom and his best friends. Description: Ornament- narrow strip of lion hide with plant fiber tie. L=31 cm. W=0.5 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Gob Dogo, Rendille
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Collection date:
Summer, 1977
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-13417, described as Mun-Ka., Kenya, Gob Dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13417, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 123. File code: 5.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Strip of lion skin from lion killed by group of boys. Tied with tree bark. Context of use: Tied around leg below knee. Used marriage day and for 4 days afterwards- worn by groom and his best friends. Description: Ornament- narrow strip of lion hide with plant fiber tie. L=31 cm. W=0.5 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-13417, described as Mun-Ka., Kenya, Gob Dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13417, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 123. File code: 5.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Strip of lion skin from lion killed by group of boys. Tied with tree bark. Context of use: Tied around leg below knee. Used marriage day and for 4 days afterwards- worn by groom and his best friends. Description: Ornament- narrow strip of lion hide with plant fiber tie. L=31 cm. W=0.5 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.

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