Vintage Beaded Maasai Calabash - Kenya - 52.1 urban As each is handmade with

As each is handmade with natural materials

were used in West Africa as a form of currency and thus status

inlays of leather and copper

Opening diameter: ~ 9

Vintage Beaded Maasai Calabash - Kenya - 52.1 urban As each is handmade withA vintage beaded calabash from the Maasai people of Kenya. Made from a naturally dried and hollowed gourd, it was traditionally used to store and cool milk or water, and has taken on a warm, honey toned patina through years of use. Bands of traditional Maasai glass beads white, red and blue, threaded onto leather straps wrap the body, while older repairs in metal and fine wirework are left on show: in Maasai culture a break is mended with intent