| Catalog Number |
CAS 0513-0125 |
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| Category |
Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork |
| Object Name |
Waistband |
| Culture |
Rendille |
| Global Region |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Country |
Kenya |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Marsabit, Rendilleland |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
Marsabit, Rendilleland |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
1977 |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Ostrich egg shell beads; Leather; Native cordage; Bubunto tree seed beads |
| Description |
Waistband made and worn by young girls and women under their skirts and intended to be seen only by their boyfriends or husbands; Waistband consists of string of round disc beads made from pieces of ostrich egg shell, all strung on leather thong and native cordage; Ends of strand are joined together at one end which also includes single bubunto tree seed bead; Short string of additional eggshell beads and another bubunto tree seed bead are over and knotted at opposite end of bead strand. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Max Diam = 2.1, Length = 43.5 |