Necklace

Museum number:
5-14233
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Necklace. "Qhahla Awak" (white necklace). 3 twisted strands of white glass beads. 1.36 centimeters. Beading technique is called "hirit" (threading) "hutmo" (threading) "utut" (joining together). Used by married women.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Murray village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-14233, described as Necklace. "Qhahla Awak" (white necklace). 3 twisted strands of white glass beads. 1.36 centimeters. Beading technique is called "hirit" (threading) "hutmo" (threading) "utut" (joining together). Used by married women.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-14233, described as Necklace. "Qhahla Awak" (white necklace). 3 twisted strands of white glass beads. 1.36 centimeters. Beading technique is called "hirit" (threading) "hutmo" (threading) "utut" (joining together). Used by married women.

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