- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Neck ornament made of stiff leather with strung beads wrapped around it at the front. In the middle of the front of the necklet there is a white/cream button off which hangs a triangular shaped metal pendant.
- Long description
- Neck ornament made of stiff leather with strung beads wrapped around it at the front. In the middle of the front of the necklet there is a white/cream button off which hangs a triangular shaped metal pendant. Worn by men as an ornament. [ThW [Living Cultures Project] 17/3/2021]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Maasai
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1960
- Date collected
- Circa 1960?
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 15/03/1996
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Bead, Material Metal, Material Plant Fibre, Process Beadwork, Process Wound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 210 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1996.21.31
- Research and responses
'Worn by men as an ornament.' The information used to describe this object has been reviewed through a process of consultation with Maasai representatives and community elders as part of The Maasai Living Cultures Project. Living Cultures started in 2017 and is a partnership between Maasai representatives from Tanzania and Kenya, the Pitt Rivers Museum and InsightShare, an Oxford-based NGO. The project is working to represent the history and narratives behind artefacts held in museum collections. Over the course of three years (2017, 2018, 2020) Maasai delegates have visited the museum to discuss how their culture is represented and how the Museum speaks about Maasai communities in its displays, databases, and education programmes. [ThW [Living Cultures Project] 17/3/2021]
Search terms: Ornament, Bead, Neck Ornament, Button