- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Plaited leather thongs with suspended iron bell.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Kikuyu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1951
- Date collected
- By 1951
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1951
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Iron Metal, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Length: max 220 mm, Width: max 135 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1951.10.26
Search terms: Ornament, Music, Neck Ornament, Musical Instrument, Bell
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