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Masaii brass coils

Posted by Cam Knuckey on July 21, 2011 at 2:14pm

Old Masaii (or posssibly Samburu) brass coils already old when collected in Kenya in the 1970's.Very hand beaten with a good patina.joined with a thin strip of leather to be worn over the head, not through the ear.Diameter approx 60 mm, each.

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