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Turkana

Woman’s Apron

Turkana, Mid-20th century

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Turkana

Woman’s Apron

Turkana, Mid-20th century

Physical Qualities Hide, opaque glass beads in white, dark blue, red, yellow and green; iron beads and fiber, 37.5 x 22.5 x 1.5 cm.
Credit Line Gift of Carolyn Barnes, Alexandria, Virginia, in Memory of Murvil and Katherine Barnes
Object Number 1998.590
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; collected by donor in Turkanaland in northern Kenya in 1972 while on assignment for USAID.

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