Ear ornament
A married woman’s ear flap of beads sewn onto animal hide. Traditionally the thread is made using sinew from the nuchal ligament. These earrings are never worn as a matched pair.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 10/2010/8
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Material
- glassorganic fibre
- Common Name
- ear ornament
- Simple Name
- ear ornament
- Production Country
- Kenya
- Production Year High
- 1973