Beaded band · South Africa, Nguni · ID: 3040966
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, GermanyHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1992)
Size
L: 50,8 cm
B: 11 cm
L: 20.0 inch
B: 4.3 inch
Description
plant fibre, fine netting from miniature glass beads in green, pink, black and white, forming diamond-shaped patterns and stripes, beaded fringes along lower rim, good condition;
the colours of green, pink and black suggest that this piece was probably made by a woman from the Drakensberg region. Probably worn around the neck.
The object Beaded band with the object ID 3040966 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 521 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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Comparing literature
Pemberton, John, African Beaded Art, Power and Adornment, Northhampton 2008, p. 163 f.