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Beaded Bands

Ndebele, 1944-1958

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Ndebele

Beaded Bands

Ndebele, 1944-1958

Physical Qualities Glass beads (white, black, green, orange, maroon, and royal blue; translucent: green, purple, yellow, turquoise, and royal blue), cotton thread, 1991.381a: 10 5/8 × 9/16 in. (27 × 1.5 cm.) 1991.381b: 11 × 9/16 in. (28 × 1.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1991.381a-b
White beads with black rectangles filled with solid color. (b) has blue 'V' between 2 rectangles.
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980's.

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2000–2000

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