Beaded panel from loindress, isigege
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: Glass trade beads, fabric, cotton threads
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin (Mrs. Robert Mayo Catlin)
Object number: 1937.52.179
DescriptionEleven beaded rolls sewn together with white beads sewn on back, bordered by 2 rows of mauve at each end with 11 large translucent red/white core beads at both ends of each roll. Each roll has 2 large bands of white separated in the center by a band of pink, red, and black beads. At each end are bands of black, red, vaseline yellow, sky blue, v. yellow, red and black beads. One light blue bead in center of one of the white sections. One yellow in a center section of red.