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1978.20.347

Necklace with pendant. [ASh [OPS move] 15/12/2016]

1978.20.347

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Collection type
Object
Description
Necklace with pendant. [ASh [OPS move] 15/12/2016]
Long description
Necklace with pendant. Leather disc stitched with coloured glass beads in a wheel pattern (with three smaller discs projecting from it) suspended from a single strand of beads threaded on a wire. [ASh [OPS move] 15/12/2016]
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
East of Mount Elgon
Cultural groups
Tiati
Person
Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon
PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1978
Date collected
By 1978
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1978
Materials and processes
Material Metal Wire, Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Cattle Skin Animal, Material Camel Hide Skin Camelid Animal, Process Strung, Process Stitched, Process Beadwork
Dimensions
Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 155 mm, Length: max 216 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1978.20.347 Other numbers: PP91A

Search terms: Ornament, Status, Neck Ornament, Pendant

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