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Girdle with Apron

Arts of Africa

MEDIUM Glass seed beads, natural fiber, brass button
  • Place Made: South Africa
  • DATES late 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 26 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (67.3 x 6.4 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 22.661
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Thomas A. Eddy
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Double beaded rope with a fringe of looped strands attached to a tassel of two short strands. Fringe colors are in alternating solid blocks of black and jade green. Tassel color is red/coral. A single brass button at left, no loops for attaching. Technique: Single bead string on roll with single bead string tassel. CONDITION: Some strands unravelling.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Possibly Zulu. Girdle with Apron, late 19th century. Glass seed beads, natural fiber, brass button, 26 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (67.3 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A. Eddy, 22.661. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.661_front_PS5.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.22.661_front_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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    Possibly Zulu. <em>Girdle with Apron</em>, late 19th century. Glass seed beads, natural fiber, brass button, 26 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (67.3 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A. Eddy, 22.661. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.661_front_PS5.jpg)