- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Headband comprised of twelve rows of beads with glass and leather spacers stitched with buttons and beads.
- Cultural groups
- Samburu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1968
- Date collected
- 1968
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1968
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Glass, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Stitched, Process Recycled, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 35 mm, Width: max 60 mm, Length: max 225 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1968.20.165 Other numbers: SM2
Search terms: Ornament, Status, Head Ornament
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