Necklace
An S-twist chain is very typical of the Kamba. They are famous for making it but probably learned the technique from the coastal tribes who also use it but to a lesser extent. This one has tweezers attached acting as both tool and a pendant.
The tweezers may have been attached to a snuff gourd.
The tweezers may have been attached to a snuff gourd.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 10/2010/4
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Material
- copper
- Common Name
- necklace
- Simple Name
- tweezers
- Production Country
- Kenya
- Production Date
- 17/10
- Production Year High
- 1973