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1978.20.356

Hide anklet with two crescent-shaped iron pellet bells

1978.20.356

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hide anklet with two crescent-shaped iron pellet bells
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
East of Mount Elgon
Cultural groups
Tiati
Marakwet
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 Iron Metal, Material Cattle Skin Animal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Width: max 17 mm bell, Length: max 48 mm bell
Object numbers
Accession number: 1978.20.356 Other numbers: PP71B
Research and responses

See also 1978.20.312 and 1978.20.354. For further information on the production and use of bells in Kenya see: Jean Brown 'Traditional Metalworking in Kenya', Oxbow Monograph 44 / Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 38 (1995), p.102 [OD 14/2/2001]. Worth noting that the original number is not, like the majority of this collection, prefixed by Jean Brown's initials but by 'PP' which probably stands for 'Pastoral Pokot' [OD 27/2/2001].

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