Krobo Dipo Initiation Beads

NameStrand of beads

Maker Nomoda Ebenezer (Cedi) Djaba

CultureKrobo

Date2016

Place madeOdumase-Krobo, Ghana, Africa

MediumRecycled glass (usually bottles), cotton string

Dimensions21 × 5 × 2 in. (53.3401 × 12.7 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.18.

Object numberFA.2017.18.1

Collections

DescriptionStrand of 50 white green, red, and dark blue striped beads where the beads' sizes taper into greater thickness at center of necklace.

Nomoda Ebenezer (Cedi) Djaba

2016

Nomoda Ebenezer (Cedi) Djaba

2016

Artist Not Recorded

ca. 1952

Umoja Uaso Women's Organization

2010

Mary Padar Kuojok Athac

ca. 2012

c. 1840

c. 1958

Gustavo Farfan Miranda

2017