Masai Breastplate

Unidentified Maasai (Masai) maker

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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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