Necklace
This large beaded collar necklace of black beads is worn by an uncircumcised girl (one who has undergone Female Genital Cutting) and was once made from till (black sesame) seeds if it is locally available. Otherwise black glass seed beads would be used instead.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 10/2010/22
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Material
- glassanimal hideorganic fibre
- Common Name
- necklace
- Simple Name
- collar
- Production Town
- Cheptulel or Kurut
- Production County
- western
- Production Country
- Kenya
- Production Year High
- 1973
