Leather strip covered with blue and white beadwork. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leather strip covered with blue and white beadwork. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/7/2005]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya) area
Cultural groups: Kikuyu
Person: Field collector William Scoresby Routledge; PRM source William Scoresby Routledge
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1910
Date collected: Between 1905 and 1910
Acquisition information: Donated: 1911
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Beadwork, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Diameter: max 105 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1911.11.5

Search terms: Ornament, Status, Marriage, Neck Ornament, Arm Ornament, Leg Ornament

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