Beaded ornament
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: glass beads, threads
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.132
DescriptionTwo beaded loops attached at fasteners. Pattern identical on both loops, consisting of 4 sections of alternating royal blue and white and 3 sections of vaseline yellow and translucent red with 2 black seed beads at each end. Each section of 3 strands is joined at two large (4 mm) translucent red beads which separate the color patterns. A cord loop fastener fits over the red beads.