Hip belt

This belt was usually made for a young man by his newly married wife. If the warrior was killed in battle the killer took this belt as proof of the kill and because it was the most valuable thing on the dead warrior.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
10/2010/13
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Personal ornament
Material
glassorganic fibreanimal hidecopper
Common Name
hip belt
Simple Name
ornament
Production Country
Kenya
Production Year High
1973

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hip belt