Leather apron

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

Leather apron made of goatskin softened by smearing goat fat. It is decorated with reeds, beetle wing(chebosal) and siran(dik dik) hooves. The apron is used specially for a ceremony called moi done by girls who are about to be circumcised. It is made by grown up women who have undergone moi ceremony. It is handed down from mother to daughter.

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Title: Leather apron
Location: Kenya
Rights: National Museums of Kenya
Medium: Goat hide
Photographer: Gibsphotography
Local Name: Siramoi
Community: Endo(Marakwet)
Collection Date: 1974-05-14
Collected By: Madeline

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