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Object number

2013.151

Physical Description

A necklace of red, yellow, green and black wooden beads

Dimension

Length (Necklace): 20cm

Exhibition Label

From 'Hackney's Got Style: Celebrating the History and Impact of African and Caribbean Fashion & Hair'

Rastafarianism is an Africa-centered religion that developed in the 1930s in Jamaica, following the crowning of Haile Selassie as King of Ethiopia.

These necklace, from Ridley Road Market, represent several key parts of Rasta symbolism. The colours reference the Ethiopian flag.

On display?

No