Necklace
Ostrich eggshell is a local resource and is the earliest source of bead making in Africa. Eggshell is broken into small pieces first, then shaped by someone’s teeth and finally pierced with a needle before being strung.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 196/2007/65
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Collection Area Region
- E
- Material
- ostrich eggshellorganic fibre
- Common Name
- necklace
- Simple Name
- necklace
- Production Country
- Kenya
