Earrings

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

This is a bead on a leather earring with zip fastened in three horizontal strips. It is made by married women and worn by them in each ear lobe. The beads are sewn on when the cowhide is stretched across a bow.

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Title: Earrings
Location: Kenya
Type: Earrings
Rights: National Museums of Kenya
Medium: Beads,Leather
Photographer: GibsPhotography
Local Name: Ichoni ongiya
Community: Njemps
Collection Date: 1971-10-10
Collected By: Jean Brown

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