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Title:Ngotho (the ivory armlet): an emblem of uppertier status among the 19th century Akamba of Kenya ca. 1830-1880
Author:Jackson Jr., Kenell A.ISNI
Year:1977
Periodical:Kenya Historical Review
Volume:5
Issue:1
Pages:35-69
Language:English
Geographic term:Kenya
Subjects:social structure
Kamba
Abstract:Aim of the article is to define the connection between a single artifact (an ivory armlet) of an African society (the 19th century Akamba of Kenya) and the social structure of that community. After an introduction on the social significance of dress in general, the sections are: the Akamba oral traditions on ngotho - a history of ngotho. Notes.