Woman’s dance skirt consisting of a strip of hide decorated with disc beads, hanging from which are strings of white and blue beads terminating in a nut. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman’s dance skirt consisting of a strip of hide decorated with disc beads, hanging from which are strings of white and blue beads terminating in a nut. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/7/2005]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Cultural groups: Suba
Person: Field collector Mrs Knowles; PRM source Mrs Knowles
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1955
Date collected: By 1955
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1955
Materials and processes: Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Bead, Material Plant Nut, Process Stitched, Process Strung, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 380 mm doubled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1955.7.2B
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Receipt dated 10 August 1955 for the payment of a small collection of Kenyan artifacts sold to the Pitt Rivers Museum by Mrs Knowles. [EB 6/2/2002]