Necklace
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Sinew
Measurements
250 mm (Diameter)72 mm (D)
Place of origin
Mwingi
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303944
Summary
A M'kamba womans necklace of tiers of red and green glass beads, with 5 white glass discs (possibly made from the polished base of glass cold cream jars) attached to lower part with buttons of european origin. Thread of sinew. Collected Mwingi, Kenya 1934. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton, Mwingi, Kenya, 1934