Vintage Beaded Maasai Calabash - Kenya - 52.10 Modern Scene These inventive and meticulous beaded

These inventive and meticulous beaded sashes are symbols of the owners spiritual position and are worn in public ceremonies by the Ifa Priestesses

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in which glowing embers are placed inside to help the beeswax soak into the fibres

and a family is given

Vintage Beaded Maasai Calabash - Kenya - 52.10 Modern Scene These inventive and meticulous beadedA vintage beaded calabash from the Maasai people of Kenya. Made from a naturally dried and hollowed gourd, it was traditionally used to store and cool milk or water, and has taken on a warm, honey toned patina through years of use. Bands of traditional Maasai glass beads white, red and blue, threaded onto leather straps wrap the body, while older repairs in metal and fine wirework are left on show: in Maasai culture a break is mended with intent