Beaded ornament
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: beads, vegetable fiber
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.130
DescriptionBeaded tab on single strand of beads in white, blue, black, yellow, and translucent red with white core. The tab has a top border of a double row of black beads sewn onto the cord. The bottom border is a single row of red beads. The tab is divided with 4 triangles: top and bottom triangles have royal blue and white checkerboard, the side triangles have mauve and blue checkerboard with 3 white checks. At one corner of the tab is a beaded loop.