Bead necklace

Museum number:
5-13281
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3321
Description:
Bead necklace., Kenya, Masai. 5-13281, acc no. 3321. File code: 2.2 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Glass beads, choker Description: Collar/necklace; multiple rows of varicolord glass beads; outer edge bordered by glass diamond-shaped beads in yellow, red and orange (l only); leather strip dividers; diam. 33.5 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:
Bead necklaces and Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bead necklace, accession number 5-13281, described as Bead necklace., Kenya, Masai. 5-13281, acc no. 3321. File code: 2.2 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Glass beads, choker Description: Collar/necklace; multiple rows of varicolord glass beads; outer edge bordered by glass diamond-shaped beads in yellow, red and orange (l only); leather strip dividers; diam. 33.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bead necklace, accession number 5-13281, described as Bead necklace., Kenya, Masai. 5-13281, acc no. 3321. File code: 2.2 Donor: Dr. Harold B. Van Maren. Materials, techniques: Glass beads, choker Description: Collar/necklace; multiple rows of varicolord glass beads; outer edge bordered by glass diamond-shaped beads in yellow, red and orange (l only); leather strip dividers; diam. 33.5 cm.

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