Two necklaces from Marakwet, Kenya: one from the 1970s, one collected in 2000. This kind of necklace is worn by young men who have gone through their initiation ceremony, when they return from weeks of severe trials in the woods
 Earlier necklaces were made with what was found there in the initiation camp: plant fibres, ostrich eggshells, seeds, and roots. Now necklaces are made of plant materials mixed with glass and plastic, for example bits of old ballpoint pens.
 Do traditions disappear when natural materials are replaced by remnants of tin cans, plastic containers, and ballpoint pens, or is it a way for the traditions to live and evolve?