Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

AFRICA – Sub-Sahara
Woman’s Skirt
3 rd Quarter 20 th Century
Masai People, Kenya
Skirt fashioned of five large and one small
carefully seamed pieces of hide to achieve the
desired form. Applied beadwork.
122 x 109 cm 48 x 43 in
The beads applied on two thicker triple-width bands,
and numerous single bands vertically, many of those in
parallel. Paired beads along lateral edges, plus twelve
little discs of beads. The field is divided into three
vertically oriented sectors. The skirt is worn with the
broader, plain portion around the waist, the beaded
portion down the back, ending in three scalloped forms.
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