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Description: | Glass beaded necklet from Transkei, South Africa. The necklet is an incomplete circle, with purple, blue and white beads threaded onto plant fibre string. The main pattern is three equally sized bands of purple and blue running around the necklet. There are two pearl buttons for decoration in the centre, with a further two used for connecting the two sides together.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1972.283 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | pearl necklets (neck ornaments (personal adornment)) bead plant fibre Xhosa | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-56950 | Go to resource |
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