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Bracelets

1969

National Museums of Kenya

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

Three old bracelets three new one but one of them is roughly made. To make them a blacksmith hammers up an old sufuria and metals it on charcoal (of palm) fire, poured into bit of angle iron and then hammered and cut into bracelets shape. The pattern is put in by hammering the bracelet (flat) intro a tie. The bracelet is then bent to shape round a piece of branch using a very delicate hammer.

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  • Title: Bracelets
  • Date Created: 1969
  • Location: Kenya
  • Type: Bracelets
  • Rights: National Museums of Kenya
  • Medium: Aluminium
  • Photographer: Gibsphotography
  • Local Name: Bangili
  • Community: Bajun
  • Collection Date: 1972-06
  • Collected By: Jean Brown
National Museums of Kenya

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