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1927.84.56

Hide belt with trade beads.

1927.84.56

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hide belt with trade beads.
Long description
Hide belt with trade beads. A young woman's belt, worn by unmarried women for decoration. [ThW [Living Cultures Project] 17/3/2021]
Cultural groups
Maasai
Person
Field collector William Ernest Taylor
Field collector Church Missionary Society
PRM source Catherine Taylor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1890
Date collected
1882 - 1890
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1927
Materials and processes
Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Bead, Process Beadwork
Dimensions
Length: max 1080 mm including ties
Object numbers
Accession number: 1927.84.56
Research and responses

'A young woman's belt, worn by unmarried women for decoration.' The information used to describe this object has been reviewed through a process of consultation with Maasai representatives and community elders as part of The Maasai Living Cultures Project. Living Cultures started in 2017 and is a partnership between Maasai representatives from Tanzania and Kenya, the Pitt Rivers Museum and InsightShare, an Oxford-based NGO. The project is working to represent the history and narratives behind artefacts held in museum collections. Over the course of three years (2017, 2018, 2020) Maasai delegates have visited the museum to discuss how their culture is represented and how the Museum speaks about Maasai communities in its displays, databases, and education programmes.  [ThW [Living Cultures Project] 16/3/2021]

Search terms: Ornament, Trade, Clothing, Waist Ornament, Belt

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