Beaded shash · Namibia, Eastern Zambezi region, probably Yao · ID: 3039409
sold
EUR 400
Size
L: 78 cm, B: 13 cm
L: 30.7 inch, B: 5.1 inch
Description
polychrome miniature glass beads, on cotton thread, turquoise bead netting with diamond-shaped pattern, three-coloured trimming, plaited fringes, slightly dam., some beads missing
The object Beaded shash with the object ID 3039409 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 549 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, South East African Beadwork 1850-1910, London 2000, p. 187