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Young girl's belt (Enkitati nailianga)
Young girl's belt (Enkitati nailianga)

Young girl's belt (Enkitati nailianga)

Label Text"When women are making jewelry there are certain things they must take into account. There are colors you cannot put together--you cannot put white next to yellow, nor red next to orange. Colors have meanings: red is danger, white represents milk from our livestock, blue means sky. A lot of jewelry is in circular form because we believe the universe is in a circular form." (Kakuta Hamisi, 2001)
Object number2000.13
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Feb. 7 - May 19, 2002 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 2, 2004 - Jan. 2, 2005; Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, Feb. 12 - June 19, 2005; Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, Oct. 8, 2005 - Jan. 1, 2006; Nashville, Tennessee, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Jan. 27 - Apr. 30, 2006 [as African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back]).
Credit LineGeneral Acquisition Fund
Dimensions3 x 10 in. (7.6 x 25.4cm)
MediumGlass beads, leather, and sisal twine
Belt (Enailianga)
Ngoto Nenkutuksidai
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Ngoto Saitoti ene Moipei
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Ear flap (Inchonito oo nkiyiaa)
Ngoto Saitoti ene Moipei
Object number: 2000.12.9.2
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Object number: 2000.12.9.3
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