Masai Breastplate
Unidentified Maasai (Masai) maker
not dated
Metal, copper, chain, and leather
Overall: 24 × 2 15/16 in. (61 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Cynthia Saranec, Class of 1973W
173.24.25482
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Cynthia Ross Saranec (Livermore), Namanga market, Kenya, July 1973; given to present collection, 1973.
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