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Beaded ornament
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: glass trade beads, natural fiber
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.188
DescriptionTab of beadwork attached to a double strand loop. Tab has top border of 2 rows of vaseline yellow beads with 2 red beads on the end of each row. Black background with a diamond-shaped pattern of mauve and blue beads. Border at the bottom is a row of translucent red/white core beads in groups of two and a row of white. At each top corner of the tab is a large faceted transparent yellow bead. The loop is made of two twisted strands of beads, alternating two blue, 2 mauve beads. 1 red bead replaces a mauve bead.
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