Leglet, made of four rings of iron wire and decorated with fringe of iron and copper wire

Made:
1880-1910 in Kenya
Leglet

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Leglet, made of four rings of iron wire and decorated with fringe of iron and copper wire, Masai tribe, Kenya or Tanganyika, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A20520
Materials:
iron and copper
type:
leg rings
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)