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Beaded leather ornament
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: leather, glass trade beads, brass buttons, string
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.191
DescriptionString handle of different-sized large beads (8-10 mm) separated by a single red/white core bead in groups of 2 and 3; The leather section has a 2 flap-like sections, each section is edged with sky blue, red/white core, white and a section of vaseline yellow beads; Then there are two pieces of leather that are attached from the inside of the innermost flap; Each leather piece is edged with white, red, and vaseline yellow beads; Each of these leather pieces has 5 brass buttons, white, red based bead loops; sky blue, red or white bead loops, and red, white based bead loops; Th eback has a piece of undecorated leather; The attachments of brass buttons have tow rows of sky blue, or 2 rows of white, each ending in red beads
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