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	Married woman's necklace (mpooro engorio) Early 20th century Rendille people, Kenya Doum palm fiber, glass and beads, hide, ochre pigment Diam: 40 cm Gift of the Drs. Igor and Erica Mann Collection, Nairobi, Kenya Accession number: B02.1182
Publications: Beauty and Sanctity: the Israel Museum at 40. A Series of Exhibitions Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2006 Exhibition: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder: Ideals of Human Beauty in Africa and the Americas, Winter-Fall 2005 Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir