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75-9-1

From: Kenya | Lake Rudolph | Lake Turkana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 75-9-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Kenya | Lake Rudolph | Lake Turkana
Date Made 20th century
Section African
Materials Glass | Leather | Wood
Description

Arms extended at sides. Legs separated. Fiber hair with blue and whie beaded strand in hair. Large necklace red, white and blue beads with leather straps between one yellow bead (right posterior). 2 dangling breast plates white beads (background) with red beads in center. Rawhide strap around shoulders and under arms extending 11.5" long at each side. 3 cowrie shells at end of rawhide strap (also 4 small flat disc type beads at end). Skirt (front) leather apron with border of 2 rows white beads. Back half of skirt of rows of red, white, and blue beads, but mainly white.

Length 33.02 cm
Credit Line Gift of Ernst Anspach, 1975
Other Number L-754-8 - Old Loan Number | 1224 - Other Number | EX-1973-3:100 - Other Number

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