Beaded ornament
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: glass beads, fabric, cord, sinew
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.153
DescriptionBeaded tab has a double row of vaseline yellow beads with 2 translucent red/white core, 2 black, 2 white beads at each end sewn onto cord. Bottom has a border of larger (4 mm) red beads with 2 vaseline yellow beads at each corner. The tab has a pattern of 4 triangle sections. 2 sections of black , a section of white and mauve checkerboard. The strand is undecorated textile cord, but seems to have been partially dyed.