Stages in the making of aluminium beads

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

This is a triangular cross-sectioned bar of aluminium which results from melting down old aluminium cooking pots and pouring the molten metal into a piece of angle iron.

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Title: Stages in the making of aluminium beads
Location: Kenya
Type: Stages in making aluminium beads
Rights: National Museums of Kenya
Photographer: Gibsphotography
Local Name: Saldaga
Community: Borana and Gabbra
Collection Date: 1971-03-01
Collected By: E.J.Brown

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