Metal bead belt

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

It is made by women to hold up leather apron skirts. A metal strip is coiled into bracelet or cut into strips and pounded into beads. The beads are threaded into goat skin.

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Title: Metal bead belt
Location: Kenya
Type: Metal Bead Belt
Rights: National Museums of Kenya
Medium: Iron Beads
Photographer: Gibsphotography
Local Name: Rigidany
Community: Turkana
Collection Date: 1970-05-27
Collected By: M.D.Gwynne

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