Necklace

Museum number:
5-14229
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014229
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Necklace. "Kwalasli". Red and blue glass beads. Length 41 centimeters. Beads imported from Arabs or Indians, purchased in Mbulu. Used by men and women, worn around neck and used for decoration. Owned by Matle, of Sule clan.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Murray village; Iraqw people
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-14229, described as Necklace. "Kwalasli". Red and blue glass beads. Length 41 centimeters. Beads imported from Arabs or Indians, purchased in Mbulu. Used by men and women, worn around neck and used for decoration. Owned by Matle, of Sule clan.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-14229, described as Necklace. "Kwalasli". Red and blue glass beads. Length 41 centimeters. Beads imported from Arabs or Indians, purchased in Mbulu. Used by men and women, worn around neck and used for decoration. Owned by Matle, of Sule clan.

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