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            "value": "Beaded collar necklace, 'meringet'. Part of set of 4, 2nd smallest. Circular leather base with sewn beading. Slit at the back of the neck to enable the wearer to put it on with metal wire fastening. Outer beaded boarder (to centre) black and white bands, red, yellow rings, large central band beaded in triangular shapes in alternating dark blue, green, white, brown and orange with alternating colour dot in centre. Final double band of blue beads for inner border. Trapeze decoration attached to front outer boarder with beads of multiple colours. 3 beaded strings suspended from the bottom edge, one red, one light blue, one white, each finished with a cowrie shell.",
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            "value": "Beaded collar necklace, 'meringet'. Part of set of 4, 2nd smallest. Circular leather base with sewn beading. Slit at the back of the neck to enable the wearer to put it on with metal wire fastening. Outer beaded boarder (to centre) black and white bands, red, yellow rings, large central band beaded in triangular shapes in alternating dark blue, green, white, brown and orange with alternating colour dot in centre. Final double band of blue beads for inner border. Trapeze decoration attached to front outer boarder with beads of multiple colours. 3 beaded strings suspended from the bottom edge, one red, one light blue, one white, each finished with a cowrie shell."
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            "value": "Beaded collar necklace. Part of set of 4, 2nd smallest. Circular leather base with sewn beading. Slit at the back of the neck to enable the wearer to put it on with metal wire fastening. Outer beaded boarder (to centre) black and white bands, red, yellow rings, large central band beaded in triangular shapes in alternating dark blue, green, white, brown and orange with alternating colour dot in centre. Final double band of blue beads for inner border. Trapeze decoration attached to front outer boarder with beads of multiple colours. 3 beaded strings suspended from the bottom edge, one red, one light blue, one white, each finished with a cowrie shell."
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            "value": "Information compiled by Rethinking Relationships researcher, Ken Simiyu: \nThis is a maasai traditional ornament known as meringet similar to the modern day necklaces. It is culturally significant because for girls and young women it marked the coming of age when one is has reached the age she can be married. \nTraditionally, meringet was made by young girls between the ages of 8 and 14, hough bead work has been a long term engagement which means old women also engage young girls as a training session.  Meringet was made from leather and decorated with blue, red, green and orange beads, some hanging on the front. The beads are threaded together then sewn onto a flat leather neck ring in a variety of geometric patterns in variety eye catching patterns.  \nOther objects that may be used alongside it \nOther objects that are used alongside meringet are the leather bangles, earrings and armlets which are worn during special occasions such as dowry negotiations, wedding and during rite of passage.  \nIn deed there have been variations of the object as time goes by and natural resources dwindles.  In the contemporary dispensation, other materials include plastic and metal beads of different colours which are drilling in the middle. There is differences between the adult and child necklaces whereby children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tend to be smaller and have fewer beads.  \n Traditionally, this object was meant to symbolize rite of passage, however with the changing times and inter-cultural interactions entrepreneurs have seized the opportunity and now it is being made and sold on commercial basis in open air markets, online markets such amazon and local and international supermarkets. The real object is made up highly contrasting colours considered to be very pleasing to the eye. Maasai Primary colours are"
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            "value": "white, red, green, blue, and orange.\nThough many things are changing Meringet is still used not only by the Maasai but many people who appreciate intercultural interactions. Currently, the object is worn ceremonially during special occasions such as anniversaries, weddings, birthday parties, and also a source of gifting. With the entrance of entrepreneurs and designers into the cultural sphere, the contemporary Meringet is a hybrid of colours, shapes and beads of different materials ranging from hardened plastics, metals to precious stones such as diamonds, gold and silver."
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            "value": "Information compiled by Rethinking Relationships researcher, Ken Simiyu: \nThis is a maasai traditional ornament known as meringet similar to the modern day necklaces. It is culturally significant because for girls and young women it marked the coming of age when one is has reached the age she can be married. \nTraditionally, meringet was made by young girls between the ages of 8 and 14, hough bead work has been a long term engagement which means old women also engage young girls as a training session.  Meringet was made from leather and decorated with blue, red, green and orange beads, some hanging on the front. The beads are threaded together then sewn onto a flat leather neck ring in a variety of geometric patterns in variety eye catching patterns.  \nOther objects that may be used alongside it \nOther objects that are used alongside meringet are the leather bangles, earrings and armlets which are worn during special occasions such as dowry negotiations, wedding and during rite of passage.  \nIn deed there have been variations of the object as time goes by and natural resources dwindles.  In the contemporary dispensation, other materials include plastic and metal beads of different colours which are drilling in the middle. There is differences between the adult and child necklaces whereby children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tend to be smaller and have fewer beads.  \n Traditionally, this object was meant to symbolize rite of passage, however with the changing times and inter-cultural interactions entrepreneurs have seized the opportunity and now it is being made and sold on commercial basis in open air markets, online markets such amazon and local and international supermarkets. The real object is made up highly contrasting colours considered to be very pleasing to the eye. Maasai Primary colours are; white, red, green, blue, and orange. \nThough many things are changing Meringet is still used not only by the Maasai but many people who appreciate intercultural interactions. Currently, the object is worn ceremonially during special occasions such as anniversaries, weddings, birthday parties, and also a source of gifting. With the entrance of entrepreneurs and designers into the cultural sphere, the contemporary Meringet is a hybrid of colours, shapes and beads of different materials ranging from hardened plastics, metals to precious stones such as diamonds, gold and silver."
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