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Beaded loindress
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: glass trade beads, textile, cord
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.111
DescriptionTwo sections of 3 bands of beads connecting 2 large tabs. Each band has 2 rows of mauve beads sewn onto the cord, with open work of white, royal blue, and translucent white-core red, and a bottom border of large (4 mm), vaseline yellow beads. Bands attached to tabs with strands of alternating large (9 mm) vaseline yellow and (4 mm) red with white core beads. Two sections of double textile rolls one section has mauve beads bordered with white core beads with a blue center motif on each roll. Tab has a side border of red beads and a bottom border of v. yellow with 4 clusters of white beads. Other roll is beaded white with 2 rows of blue border. Tab has bottom border of 2 openwork rows of translucent red wtih whitecore beads, a row of vaseline yellow edged with 2 royal blue beads. Background is mauve with 6 vertical rows of blue and red or white and red beads. At one end is 3 loops based with vaseline yellow (9 mm) and 2 red (4 mm) beads. The other end has fasteners of 2 red (4mm) and 1 v. yellow (9 mm) beads each attached to the 3 beaded bands., The tab with a white background has a baby blue translucent bead that replaces a white bead.
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