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Beaded loindress, udidla
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: glass beads, thread, brass button
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.139
DescriptionBand with fringe. Band: top border of 2 rows of sky blue beads sewn onto cord, attached to openwork of 3 rows of white beads and a row of larger (5mm) translucent red/white core beads on the bottom. One end of the band has a strand of blue and white beads with 3 red bands (1 large) and a brass button. At the other end is a loop of mauve beads. Fringe at one end consists of loops of white beads with a red bead at the top and clusters of red beads at the bottom.
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