Beaded chest ornament
Artist
Zulu artist
Date1905
MediumGlass beads, fiber, brass buttons
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineBequest of Rev. Lewis Grout
Object number1905.1.25
Description2 flat bands attached at one end and fastened at the other with 2 brass buttons and loop fastener. Each band has opaque white matrix with 5 identical design motifs. At each end each band has 2 vertical rows of black beads with a blue row inbetween. Beads are 4 mm in diam. (Trim on edges has smaller beads) Light royal blue, black, Cornaline d'Alleppo, top and bottom edges in double rows of red Cornaline d'Alleppo on fiber.On View
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Zulu artist
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