Hip belt

Women weave the grass fibre (boabab) to thread the beads around cotton cores. Hip belts are called musyondo if worn over clothing, and iliki if worn under them.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
10/2010/39
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Personal ornament
Material
glasscottonplant fibre
Common Name
hip belt
Simple Name
hip belt
Production Country
Kenya
Production Year High
1973

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hip belt (musyondo)