Beaded collar

Museum number:
5-15322
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015322
Accession number:
Acc.4232
Description:
Beaded collar. Green, red, white, blue, orange, yellow and black glass beads strung on iron wire in concentric circles. Coils held flat by leather strips at quadrant points and by 2 short strings of beads at diametric opposition. Each 23.5 centimeter diameter X width of coils X 3.5 centimeters. From East Africa, Kenya, Nairobi, Masai. Context of use: personal adornment, probably made for tourist trade.
Donor:
Harry Nelson
Collection place:
Nairobi, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa; Kenya; Nairobi; Masai attr.
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beaded collar, accession number 5-15322, described as Beaded collar. Green, red, white, blue, orange, yellow and black glass beads strung on iron wire in concentric circles. Coils held flat by leather strips at quadrant points and by 2 short strings of beads at diametric opposition. Each 23.5 centimeter diameter X width of coils X 3.5 centimeters. From East Africa, Kenya, Nairobi, Masai. Context of use: personal adornment, probably made for tourist trade.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beaded collar, accession number 5-15322, described as Beaded collar. Green, red, white, blue, orange, yellow and black glass beads strung on iron wire in concentric circles. Coils held flat by leather strips at quadrant points and by 2 short strings of beads at diametric opposition. Each 23.5 centimeter diameter X width of coils X 3.5 centimeters. From East Africa, Kenya, Nairobi, Masai. Context of use: personal adornment, probably made for tourist trade.

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