Earring of folded leather decorated with beads and with a leather 'tail'. [FC 12/08/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Earring of folded leather decorated with beads and with a leather 'tail'. [FC 12/08/2010]
Long description: Earring of folded leather decorated with beads and with a leather 'tail'. One side of the earring has been decorated with five rows of beads. Two types of beads have been used, small round beads in green, red, white, blue and orange and round fat beads in blue, white, red and yellow. [FC 12/08/2010]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; [Magadi Concession]
Cultural groups: Maasai
Person: Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1968
Date collected: 1968
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Bead, Process Decorated, Process Beadwork, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Width: max 37 mm, Length 196 mm without tail
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.20.231

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