Beaded piece
Beaded loin cloth or cache sexe piece with red and white glass beads on natural fiber with chain. Sisal, brass chain, glass beads. One side is breaking- potential for beads to fall off edge.
- Object: Beaded piece
- Artist: -
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 6"x12" approx
- Culture Area: Africa / East Africa / Kenya
- Cultural Group: Kamba People
- Cultural Context: White beads are found in all Kamba beadwork, with the color representing fertility. Patterns in Kamba beadwork are typically geometric and triangular, representing arrows and spears as symbols of wealth, peace, and hunting.
- Donor: Wendy Krupnick
- Catalog #: 118.022