Author: Nakamura, Kyoko.
Title: Adornments of the Samburu. A Comprehensive List.
Description: The Centre For African Area Studies. Kyoto University 2005. isbn 4879740523 C3072. Printed wraps. 160pp illustrated line drawings, photographs. small 4to. Lower spine shows bump which has split the wrap at that point (book was probably dropped) hence VG only. no inscriptions or markings, otherwise as new. ISBN: 4879740523 The Samburu are located in northern Kenya. This scarce reference work is illustrated in colour. It provides an overview of the society and then details of adornments for children, moran (the youth), elders, women, ritual occasions, and also body deformation (ear piercing, skin markings such as tattoos and burn marks, tooth extraction. This book represents the first systematic collation of Samburu adornments with a meticulous outline of their contextual significance.

Keywords: africa african east kenya samburu beads adornment tattoos maasai masai art anthropology


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