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Armband

Ndebele, 1949-1958

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Ndebele

Armband

Ndebele, 1949-1958

Physical Qualities Grass(?), glass beads (white, black, orange, and royal blue; translucent orange, red, and green), cotton thread, cloth, 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1991.382a-b
Rigid circle has white ground with triangles and rectangles outlined in black. Woven fringe of white triangle alternating with color triangle bordered on 2 sides in black. a)letters 'H' and 'T' in addition to triangles b)letter 'L' in addition to triangles
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980's.

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