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Belt made of white and blue coloured beads and worn by women. The beads are strung on muramaba(adonsonia digitata l. bombaceae) thread with cowhide spacers. It is also worn after circumcision to denote age-group using different colours.
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Details
- Title: Belt
- Location: Kenya
- Rights: National Museums of Kenya
- Medium: Beads & Cow hide
- Photographer: GibsPhotography
- Local Name: Mucibi wa riika
- Community: Chuka
- Collection Date: 1971-09-13
- Collected By: Embaka
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