Vintage Beaded Maasai Calabash - Kenya - 52.9 beggar slender recycled-glass jar with a

slender recycled-glass jar with a natural cork lid

A storytelling statement piece that brings colour and history to a wall

shaped from a single piece of timber by a local maker

33cm H × 30cm W

Vintage Beaded Maasai Calabash - Kenya - 52.9 beggar slender recycled-glass jar with aA genuine vintage calabash made by the Maasai of Kenya from a dried, hollowed gourd. Once used to store and cool milk or water, it has aged into a warm, honey toned patina. 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 rather than hidden. On its own or grouped together, it makes a