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Turkana necklace SB.1.211
Turkana necklace SB.1.211
SB.1.211
Necklace
Necklace and pendant. Turkana. Kenya. Necklace made of antelope bone beads (dik-dik) and red, white, yellow and blue glass beads, assembled in scale, then supplied with a long skin pendant on which are sewn two large pearl discs white glass, each with a trapezoid pattern; one blue, the other red. Necklaces of this type were worn by young Turkana girls. See "A belt worn by Samburu and Turkana women, made from the toe bones of a small antelope strung with glass beads" in A. Fisher. 1984: 42.
Category (s) Necklace
Material (s) Glass. Skin. Antelope bone (dik-dik). [Glass beads. Dik-dik bone beads. Hide]
Centimeter Size (s)
Length: 69
Width: 15.5
Height: 2.5
![Turkana Necklace
Necklace and pendant. Turkana. Kenya. Necklace made of antelope bone beads (dik-dik) and red, white, yellow and blue glass beads, assembled in scale, then supplied with a long skin pendant on which are sewn two large pearl discs white glass, each with a trapezoid pattern; one blue, the other red. Necklaces of this type were worn by young Turkana girls. See "A belt worn by Samburu and Turkana women, made from the toe bones of a small antelope strung with glass beads" in A. Fisher. 1984: 42.
Category (s) Necklace
Material (s) Glass. Skin. Antelope bone (dik-dik). [Glass beads. Dik-dik bone beads. Hide]
Centimeter Size (s)
Length: 69
Width: 15.5
Height: 2.5](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f09b74_80ef9cc4370546149d4713cd9d90a2d2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_2405,h_2575,q_90/f09b74_80ef9cc4370546149d4713cd9d90a2d2~mv2.webp)
![Turkana Necklace
Necklace and pendant. Turkana. Kenya. Necklace made of antelope bone beads (dik-dik) and red, white, yellow and blue glass beads, assembled in scale, then supplied with a long skin pendant on which are sewn two large pearl discs white glass, each with a trapezoid pattern; one blue, the other red. Necklaces of this type were worn by young Turkana girls. See "A belt worn by Samburu and Turkana women, made from the toe bones of a small antelope strung with glass beads" in A. Fisher. 1984: 42.
Category (s) Necklace
Material (s) Glass. Skin. Antelope bone (dik-dik). [Glass beads. Dik-dik bone beads. Hide]
Centimeter Size (s)
Length: 69
Width: 15.5
Height: 2.5](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f09b74_0fa0d13de9a347698d6664d1a69aa9c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_738,h_790,q_90/f09b74_0fa0d13de9a347698d6664d1a69aa9c2~mv2.webp)
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