Zemanek-Münster

Beaded shash

Namibia, Eastern Zambezi region, probably Yao
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


Comparing literature

Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, South East African Beadwork 1850-1910, London 2000, p. 187

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