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Circle Earrings

National Museums of Kenya

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

Circles of beads on leather joined together with two pendant beads. In the middle of the two pendant beads, hangs one aluminium pendant on copper string. Pair of earrings each joined to each circle at the bottom with a tiny leather. One aluminium (sufuria) pendants on each of the circles . Sewn into cowhide cows neck ligament. Made and worn by married women on the ear lobe.

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  • Title: Circle Earrings
  • Location: Kenya
  • Type: Circle Earrings
  • Rights: National Museums of Kenya
  • Medium: Leather, Beads
  • Photographer: Gibsphotography
  • Local Name: Surutiana
  • Community: Purko Maasai
  • Collection Date: 1972-05
  • Collected By: Mutui
National Museums of Kenya

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