- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Beaded cape
- Date of Original:
- 1800/2012
- Subject:
- Maasai (African people)--Kenya
Cloaks--Kenya
Rites and ceremonies--Kenya
Leatherwork
Beadwork
Art, Maasai--Kenya - Location:
- Kenya, 1.0, 38.0
- Medium:
- capes (outerwear)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Beaded cape created by the Maasai people of Kenya.
A Maasai woman's beaded cape or skirt is called olekesanna. It is made of goat or sheepskin and decorated with colored glass beads. These capes are worn by women after marriage.
Promised gift (anonymous donor) to the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm07292011-304
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm07292011-304
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800/2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 cape : leather and beads ; 117 x 130 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
-
