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Man's patterned choker (Engotoo oo-muatat -or- Esambai)
Image Not Available for Man's patterned choker (Engotoo oo-muatat -or- Esambai)

Man's patterned choker (Engotoo oo-muatat -or- Esambai)

Maker Maasai
Maker Merrueshi community
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 number2000.14.1
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Feb. 7 - May 19, 2002. [Exhibition traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Frist Center for Visual Arts, but object not included.]
Credit LineGeneral Acquisition Fund
Dimensions1 1/4 x 5 in. (3.2 x 12.7cm)
MediumLeather and beads