 | Massai Necklace Reasearch and Webpage By Megan HebertThe Massai Necklace is a colorful piece of jewelry. The Massai tribe
uses many different colored beads like yellow, blue, black, red,
orange, white, and green to make these necklaces beautiful.They also used patterns like stripes, squares, zigzags, and wavy lines.
Light and dark colors, cow skin, leather, beads, wire, and seashells
are used to make these necklaces. The shape of these necklaces is a
circle. The
Maasai Tribe is the ethnic group/tribe that created the necklace. They
are located in Northern Tanzania, Kenya. They are very creative. Lots
of colors and natural items are utilized in the process of making
jewelry. The tribe painted their bodies to look beau tiful. Body art is also
part of their culture. The Maasai tribe is known for their
craftsmanship.The
Maasai Tribe uses this necklace for ceremonies, festivals, weddings,
battles, funerals, and rituals. The Maasai wore these necklaces to look
beautiful too.The Maasai tribe use valuable and natural items to make these
necklaces. They believed that you should use natural things to make an
item. The necklace teaches about their religion, beliefs, history and
civilization in the Maasai culture.
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