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Object Number 34-91-50/796
Display Title Ceremonial necklace of brown nuts
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, semi-spherical nut beads on string
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tereki
  • Maragoli
  • Hamite
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 12 x 2.7 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/796

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