Necklace

Museum number:
5-13354
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013354
Alternate number:
54
Accession number:
Acc.3332
Description:
Bukhurcha- red beads., Kenya, Gob Ore, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13354, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 54. File code: 5.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Glass beads strung on string or strings of palm frond. Tied with strips of sheep skin. Put oil and fat on it. Context of use: Worn by married woman around neck over all other necklaces. During sleep it is turned around. Mother will give necklace to daughter who is married. Then she wears none or a small one- made by women. Description: Necklace- pile of many thin black strands bound in bacl in 3 sections with leather strips. Central, vertical column in front of red, oval glass beads. D=32.0 cm. H-10.0 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Ore, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Gob Ore; 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)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Necklace, accession number 5-13354, described as Bukhurcha- red beads., Kenya, Gob Ore, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13354, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 54. File code: 5.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Glass beads strung on string or strings of palm frond. Tied with strips of sheep skin. Put oil and fat on it. Context of use: Worn by married woman around neck over all other necklaces. During sleep it is turned around. Mother will give necklace to daughter who is married. Then she wears none or a small one- made by women. Description: Necklace- pile of many thin black strands bound in bacl in 3 sections with leather strips. Central, vertical column in front of red, oval glass beads. D=32.0 cm. H-10.0 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Necklace, accession number 5-13354, described as Bukhurcha- red beads., Kenya, Gob Ore, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13354, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 54. File code: 5.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Glass beads strung on string or strings of palm frond. Tied with strips of sheep skin. Put oil and fat on it. Context of use: Worn by married woman around neck over all other necklaces. During sleep it is turned around. Mother will give necklace to daughter who is married. Then she wears none or a small one- made by women. Description: Necklace- pile of many thin black strands bound in bacl in 3 sections with leather strips. Central, vertical column in front of red, oval glass beads. D=32.0 cm. H-10.0 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-13354, described as Bukhurcha- red beads., Kenya, Gob Ore, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13354, acc no. 3332. Orig. No. 54. File code: 5.3 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Glass beads strung on string or strings of palm frond. Tied with strips of sheep skin. Put oil and fat on it. Context of use: Worn by married woman around neck over all other necklaces. During sleep it is turned around. Mother will give necklace to daughter who is married. Then she wears none or a small one- made by women. Description: Necklace- pile of many thin black strands bound in bacl in 3 sections with leather strips. Central, vertical column in front of red, oval glass beads. D=32.0 cm. H-10.0 cm. References: for additional information see field sheets in acc. env.

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