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Kalenjin Adornment

Kalenjin Adornment

SB.1.125
Adorments kit
Men's adornment. Kipsikis (Kalenjin). Kenya. No 110. XI.S.2. Original list: Kipsikis. Headress, Chest wear. Iron, cowerie shell, plant fiber, bell metal leopard claw. Man ". Men's parure, made from thin strips of leather and forming a sort of openwork dome helmet, punctuated with cowries, adorned with leopard claws and endowed with a long tail ending in an iron bell. matrimonial pair with SB.1.125. See "Kipsikis mother of girl in circumcision" by J. Adamson. 1967: 217.
Category: Cap
Material: Iron, cowerie shell, vegetable fiber, bell metal, leopard claw.
Location: Kenya
Size in Centimeters:
Length: 120
Width: 20
Height: 20
Other dim .: Original list: W: 20 H: 120

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