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Beaded panel, isigege
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: glass trade beads, fabric, fiber thread
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.171
DescriptionRectangular panel made of 12 bead wrapped rolls of fabric joined together at the sides by cotton thread. Pattern of panel: central vertical stripe of light royal blue opaque beads (7 rows); on both sides 7 rows of red beads. 2 rows of black, 5 red, 7 pink, 5 red, 2 black. All seed beads. Overlaid by strands of larger beads (3-5 mm). 6 vertical stripes of vaseline yellow beads of 3 across, each ending in a black, pink, red, or blue seed bead. Border on each end of the panel in 2 vertical rows of blue beads, and 12 95 mm) (carnelian d'Alleppo) red with white core single beads attached to edge. Black and red triangles on white ground form dominant, and irregular pattern. On reverse: 2 red beads placed between rolls in 4 rows.
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