Africa | Apron made by the Zigula, Zegubra or Bisa people of Mamboya or Usagara, Tanzania | Cotton waistband, glass beads and natural fiber | ca. 1926 or earlier

Africa | Details: Maasai woman's beaded hide skirt. | ©Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher

Africa | Circumcised Kikuyu men in Kenya, wear this type of glass and leather beaded belt until they become elders. thereafter they only were them on special occasions. The beadwork pattern on this belt, made about 1969, is called 'Kenyatta'. Collection; National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi. | Pg 133 "The Worldwide History of Beads" by Lois Sherr Dubin. 2009 edition.

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South East Africa (Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique) | Beadwork bag with basketry interior, possibly from the Yao people; fiber, basketry and glass beads

Africa | Belt from the Kikuyu people of Kenya | Animal hide (leather) and glass beads | Such belts (kiniata) are worn by circumcised boys. | ca. 1920 | © UBC Museum of Anthropology. No. 1293/2

Turkana people, Kenya This goat-skin apron is trimmed with ostrich-eggshell beads, trade beads, cowrie-shells and two iron rings. Collected in the early 20th century, it once belonged to a Turkana

Africa | Apron (cache sexe) from the Turkana people of Kenya | Hide and ostrich shell beads.

Africa | Bag from the Masai people of Kenya | Hide (leather), glass beads and buttons

Africa | Girl's apron from the Turkana people of Northern Kenya | Animal hide and glass beads. || Seller indicates that this is from the Masai people ||

A young woman's initiation skirt from the Iraqw peoples of Tanzania. This is a ritual transition garment marking the changes in life after coming of age. The Iraqw are farmers and cattle herders and have a cultural and economic commonality to the Massai who are also cattle herders and cross paths in the same territories. Since these groups do not have a great tradition in weaving they have added decorative bead work to their dress and jewelry. The more traditional local inhabitants…

A young woman's initiation skirt from the Iraqw peoples of Tanzania. This is a ritual transition garment marking the changes in life after coming of age. The Iraqw are farmers and cattle herders and have a cultural and economic commonality to the Massai who are also cattle herders and cross paths in the same territories. Since these groups do not have a great tradition in weaving they have added decorative bead work to their dress and jewelry. The more traditional local inhabitants…

Africa | Chief's cape made of hide, glass beads, seeds and fibre from the Masai people of Kenya or Uganda | Animal skin, glass seed beads and fiber | ca. 1905 or earlier. // Image shows the front and the back

Africa | Apron from the Turkana people of Kenya | Goatskin, glass beads and fiber | ca. 1973 or earlier

A young woman's initiation skirt from the Iraqw peoples of Tanzania. This is a ritual transition garment marking the changes in life after coming of age. The Iraqw are farmers and cattle herders and have a cultural and economic commonality to the Massai who are also cattle herders and cross paths in the same territories. Since these groups do not have a great tradition in weaving they have added decorative bead work to their dress and jewelry. The more traditional local inhabitants…

A young woman's initiation skirt from the Iraqw peoples of Tanzania. This is a ritual transition garment marking the changes in life after coming of age. The Iraqw are farmers and cattle herders and have a cultural and economic commonality to the Massai who are also cattle herders and cross paths in the same territories. Since these groups do not have a great tradition in weaving they have added decorative bead work to their dress and jewelry. The more traditional local inhabitants…