Beaded ornament
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: glass trade beads; brass button, vegetable fiber
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.108
DescriptionBeaded lace work band. Top border of double row of mauve beads with one row of white beads below it. Lacework consists of six sections of beads, alternating between vaseline yellow and white backgounds with pattern of black, blue, red, black, blue horizontal stripes. Brass button at each end; one with a loop beaded with four red, 4 black and 2 blue beads. Colors: mauve, white, black, blue, red, yellow.