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Traditional Maasai "Cuff Necklace"
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Traditional Maasai Cuff Necklace: Adornment for your walls.
For hundreds of years the Maasai have handcrafted jewelry in the form of beadwork. Maasai beadwork embodies the whole of Maasai culture representing beauty, strength, tradition, warriorhood, marriage, age sect, marital status, social status and their deep love and devotion for their cattle. For both Maasai women and men beauty is a very important aspect of Maasai culture and the beads are used as a form of adornment throughout everyday life, ceremonies, and rites of passage and is often given to visitors as a sign of gratitude and respect. What the bead colors represent:
Red: Bravery & strength
Blue: Energy (air and water)
Green: Nourishment (the land)
Orange: Warmth, friendship, generosity and hospitality (color of a gourd used to share milk with guests)
Yellow: Fertility & growth (the sun)
White: Purity & health (cow’s milk)
Black: Unity, harmony and solidarity (the color of the people)
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