Yemaya initiation necklace

NameNecklace

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1952

Place madeHavana, La Habana, Cuba, Caribbean

MediumGlass beads, plastic, string

Dimensions29 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 13/16 in. (75 × 26 × 2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Dr. Nathaniel Tarn, A.2017.50.29

Object numberA.2017.50.29

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionLong necklace mainly composed of blue and clear glass beads with red beads as accents, and larger blue and clear beads dividing groupings of strands of smaller beads. Three clusters of beads hang from each side, with a larger grouping pendant from the bottom.