Beaded ornament, umgingqo
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: glass beads, fabric, thread, fiber
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.138
DescriptionBeaded rope: pattern of alternating sections of stripes (5) and white. The striped sections consist of single rows of black, vaseline yellow, sky blue and red and starting and ending with 2 rows of red. On each end of the roll are 2 rows of larger (3 mm) mauve beads, 2 red and 3 white. There is a brass button on each end, and a loop for fastening. Beads: 1-2 mm, translucent red, other opaque. Strings of opaque glass beads wound around fiber core. Worn around neck or arms or body. In all striped sections there is one contrasting bead, each color used once.