Armlet
Acquired by Sheila Unwin in the early 1970s. This dance armlet is Kamba-made and consists of aluminium crescent-shaped bells (tulamba) suspended from a copper chain (munyo). The Kamba say that they learnt the art of metal working from Giriama who live close to the coast.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 10/2010/15/2
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Material
- copperaluminium
- Common Name
- armlet
- Simple Name
- armlet
- Production Country
- Kenya
- Production Year High
- early 1970s
