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Beaded ornament
Artist:
North Nguni
Date: 1895-1906
Medium: grass. glass trade beads, fiber
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ann E. Catlin
Object number: 1937.52.120
DescriptionCircle of plaited grass beaded in checkered pattern of white, blue and lavender beads with borders of 2 rows of larger (3 mm) red-white core beads. The circle is criss-crossed on the inside with two strands of white beads which begin and end with red beads. Two twisted cords are attached to the circle forming two loops. Decorated at the ends and in the centers with groups of 6 beads. Blue, white and red at the ends; white, red and pink in the center. Probably worn on the head with loops passing over the face.
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