Pendant Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Sep 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara J. King
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Stephen D. Wood
notes: label: Notes
content: MULTI-COLORED NECKLACE CONSISTING OF TWO BEADED SPHERES ATTACHED TO ONE ANOTHER BY A COPPER CHAIN. MADE FOR THE TOURIST MARKET. NEW WHEN COLLECTED/PURCHASED. THE PIECE IS SIMILAR TO TRADITIONAL MASAI JEWELRY BUT THE DISCS ARE SLIGHTLY LARGER, THE DECORATIVE BEAD PATTERNS ARE OVER SIMPLIFIED AND THE YELLOW BEADS ARE INCORRECTLY PLACED. ALSO IN A TRADITIONAL MASAI PIECE, THE COPPER CHAIN WOULD BE LEATHER. THE PIECE ALSO LACKS CERTAIN MASAI FINISHING TOUCHES. (COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BY DONNA KLUMPP, ANTHROPOLOGIST SPECIALIST ON MASAI JEWELRY 6/1989). AN ATTACHED TAG IDENTIFIES THE NECKLACE AS HAVING BEEN PURCHASED IN NAIROBI, KENYA FROM THE AFRICAN HERITAGE, LTD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nairobi, Central Province, Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Masai (Maasai)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387022
label: USNM Number
content: E425660-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 28 cm