H x W x D: 29.7 x 25.9 x 8.9 cm (11 11/16 x 10 3/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Type:
Jewelry
Geography:
Kenya
Date:
Late 20th century
Label Text:
This Lowlands Samburu necklace of giraffe tail hair and glass beads is a marriage necklace and it combines both work and materials into a prestige object.
Description:
Multiple tier necklace of giraffe tail hair with red glass oval beads in the center. The lowest two strands are of red and yellow glass beads, with ochre stained leather wraps closed in back.
Provenance:
Nancy Nooter, field collected, Kenya, 1980-1981
Robert and Nancy Nooter, Washington, D.C., 1981 to 1985
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