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Image Not Available for Man's blue and orange choker (Orpaip)
Man's blue and orange choker (Orpaip)
Image Not Available for Man's blue and orange choker (Orpaip)

Man's blue and orange choker (Orpaip)

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 number2000.14.3
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
Dimensions3/8 x 6 in. (1 x 15.2cm)
MediumLeather, beads, plastic, and telephone wire