Fine Masai (Maasai) Wedding Necklace – Kenya

Glass beads on leather, shells. External diameter cm. 23,0 (9.06″); inner diameter cm. 16,0 (6.30″).

The Maasai are a Nilotic largest group inhabiting northern, central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Most Nilotic speakers in the area, including the Maasai and the Turkana, are pastoralists, and are famous for their fearsome reputations as warriors and cattle-rustlers.

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