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Waist belt
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Waist Belt made of strings of red, white, blue, green beads and is worn around the waist. The other belt of white, red and blue beads encircling a core of material is worn by young women. The beads are threaded onto a thread made from makuyu(fig) fiber.
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Details
- Title: Waist belt
- Location: Kenya
- Rights: National Museums of Kenya
- Medium: Beads
- Photographer: Gibsphotography
- Local Name: Ciuma wa kiundu
- Community: Mberre
- Collection Date: 1969-05-30
- Collected By: Peter Nzuki
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