- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Earring, one of a pair of beaded wire earrings, one with red and green beads [.1] and one with blue and orange beads [.2]. [FC 26/08/2010]
- Cultural groups
- Samburu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1968
- Date collected
- 1968
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1968
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Metal Wire, Process Strung, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 6 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 26 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1968.20.168.1 Other numbers: SM63
Search terms: Ornament, Status, Ear Ornament
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