
Maasai women artists have a big place in my heart!
Beading is very much a Maasai art. The women make amazing pieces with very basic tools (if any). During our recent visit to Tanzania, I wanted to have some beading experience with local Maasai women. Two grandmas walked miles from their village to meet me, and we spent time together beading this choker necklace. We did not have any common language to communicate with each other. Luckily, a translator helped us and we survived pretty well! In the Western world I have so many c