— The Name

Tatu is the Swahili word for three. The design is built on it — chevrons climbing in threes, three running bands of warm metal, the pattern counting itself out along the leather. Three is a steady number in Maasai life: the rhythm of a thing repeated until it holds. Worked in ivory, amber and copper on dark hide, Tatu is the quietest geometry in the collection, all movement and no noise.

~6,500 glass beads, threaded by hand.