Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0513-0106 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Headband | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1975 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Plastic beads; Giraffe tail hair; Bone (?) buttons | |
| Description | Headband made by women and girls older than 15 and worn by both unmarried and married women; Band consists of 13 strands of plastic beads strung on giraffe tail hairs; Each strand is a single color (orange, blue, white, red, or green) except one which alternates blue and white; Each strand passes through 4 rectangular bone (?) spacer bars; Front spacer bar is also decorated with beads and pair of large flat buttons. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.0, Max Diam = 16.0 | |