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Necklet

National Museums of Kenya

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

This leather choker is covered with red ochre and one pearl button. The leather is carved in squares in limitation of similar stitched on into which are sewn either bits of sweet smelling grass called sonkoyo or bits from the stone often found in a cow's stomach.

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  • Title: Necklet
  • Location: Kenya
  • Type: Necklet
  • Rights: National Museums of Kenya
  • Medium: Leather, Pearl button
  • Photographer: Gibsphotography
  • Community: Maasai
  • Collection Date: 1969-01-12
  • Collected By: E.J.B
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