Beaded Necklace
Unidentified Baganda maker
late 19th-early 20th century
Beads
Overall: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6831
Geography
Place Made: Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collection of Mrs. Bazett (possibly Mrs. Mary Ann Sampson Bazett (1837-unknown), mother of Mary Bazett Leakey (1866-1948), one of the four Bazett sisters who were Missionaries in East Africa); given to the Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England, date unknown; sold to present collection, 1939.
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