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Necklace

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Necklace

20th century

Suk/Turkana

Kenyan

Bold circular beaded targets are a common Turkana pattern, used to identify these camel herders as they move through northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. Using a limited range of colors and a hairstyle that is all their own, Turkana women make certain that their identity and rank was quickly obvious as they moved among other pastoralists in this region.
Leather and glass beads
L.: 18 3/8 in.
Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
81.17.1203
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, African Panoplies: Art for Rulers, Traders, Hunters, and Priests, Apr. 21 - Aug. 14, 1988.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, A Bead Quiz, July 1, 2008 - July 1, 2009
Published ReferencesBurt, Eugene C., East African Art in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1985, no. 13, p. 20

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