Necklace

Museum number:
5-14228
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014228
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Necklace. "Kwatlatlir-isa" (neck decoration). Blue, red, and white glass beads on a leather band, with a button on one end. Length 27 centimeters, width 3.5 centimeters. Beads sewn onto cowskin. Hide is stripped, cleaned, and beads are sewn on. Context of use: used by young women as decoration during dances and other festive occasions; worn around neck with button in back.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Ashan-Guwang village; Iraqw
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 5-14228, described as Necklace. "Kwatlatlir-isa" (neck decoration). Blue, red, and white glass beads on a leather band, with a button on one end. Length 27 centimeters, width 3.5 centimeters. Beads sewn onto cowskin. Hide is stripped, cleaned, and beads are sewn on. Context of use: used by young women as decoration during dances and other festive occasions; worn around neck with button in back.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-14228, described as Necklace. "Kwatlatlir-isa" (neck decoration). Blue, red, and white glass beads on a leather band, with a button on one end. Length 27 centimeters, width 3.5 centimeters. Beads sewn onto cowskin. Hide is stripped, cleaned, and beads are sewn on. Context of use: used by young women as decoration during dances and other festive occasions; worn around neck with button in back.

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