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.
Comparing literature
Pemberton, John, African Beaded Art, Power and Adornment, Northhampton 2008, p. 163 f.