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

Made:: 1880-1910 in Kenya

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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

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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)

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

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