Beaded loindress
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: brass button, glass beads, string, textile
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.129
DescriptionBeaded fabric rolls and 2 beaded tabs. Roll beaded on 1 side with mauve beads each end there are rows of vaseline yellow and red beads. Along the bottom is a single row of green beads. The middle is marked out at the tab by black, red, black stripes on either side of a large section of green which borders the tab. On either side of the red/black stripes there are pom-pom-like clusters of thread in two shades of blue. From the top of the green band is a looped fringe of red, green, blue, yellow and mauve beads. The fringe at the bottom of the tab is made of red, green, black and white beads. Each side of the tab has a row of black and green beads alternating. The background color is pink, with rows of connected diamonds of red, blue, vaseline yellow and white outlined in black. The second tab has a top band of 4 rows of white beads sewn onto the cord, and a bottom section of large red beads with 4 white in the center, and a single blue bead on each end. The tab pattern is of chevrons and diagonal stripes in red, mauve, green, yellow, and black. On one end of the roll is a brass button with a large red (4mm) and a large blue bead.