Maasai
Beaded Ear Ornament (Inkonito Onkiyiaa)
Maasai, 1933
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Maasai
Beaded Ear Ornament (Inkonito Onkiyiaa)
Maasai, 1933
Physical Qualities
Leather, aluminum alloy, iron alloy, glass beads, plastic, sinew, pigment, 6 7/16 x 2 3/16 x 3/4 in. (16.3 x 5.5 x 1.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Aaron and Joanie Young, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.133
One half of leather strip decorated with horizontal bands in the following order 1) vertical strands of beads flanked by buttons encircled by single row of beads, 2) metal strip, 3) vertical strands of beads with no buttons, then bands repeat in following order 2,1,2,3,2,1. Rounded bottom of ornament is decorated in 2 rows of beads white, royal blue, orange and black. Metal eye on 2 ends of ornament.
Kevin Tervala and Shannen Hill, BMA, "Design for Mobile Living Art from Eastern Africa," June 1, 2016 - Nov 27, 2016
