Object Listing

Ring of rolled textile with beading wrapped around it in a candy-stripe design. Some beading damaged

Horizontal panel of beadwork with two bead strings at each top corner attached to metal rings. The skirt has zigzag and diamond shaped designs and a row of white buttons along its top edge. This edge has a waist belt of metal beads decorated with 9 rings of beads. Numerous coins, brass bells, bits of plant material and a metal chain are suspended from bead loops and hang from the panel.

Horizontal panel of beading with the xigwagwa or xizangani/sangomas axe design. Running across the front of the panel at approximately 1/3 of its height is a string of beads and one of brass beads. Attached just above these and hanging from strings of beads to below the bottom edge of the panel are bells, plastic charm, trinkets, buttons. The single row of brass beads becomes two lengths with rings attached that hang down at each narrow end.

panel of beadwork with triangular lattice design and a fringe of beads at the lower end.

Six strings of beads gathered at the top middle and bottom. There is a cowrie shell attached to one end

Multi stringed necklace of tubular beads with a button threaded in at the middle of the piece and strings projecting from both ends.

Strap of beadwork in two colours with a row of brass buttons along its entire length

Strap of beadwork in two colours with a row of brass buttons along its entire length

Loop of beadwork with bits of stick, and small arrow head, a cycad seed shell each attached at spaced intervals

Loop of beadwork with bits of stick, two horns, carved bits of wood attached at spaced intervals.

Rolled loop of textile with unknown contents coloured with ochre and bound at intervals with wrapped strings of beads.

Rectangular red textile panel with white beadwork designs across its lower 2/3. Designs made up of triangles, dots, stars, checkerboard and lines

Rectangular black textile panel with white beadwork designs across its lower 1/3. Designs made up of triangles, dots, stars, checkerboard and lines

Rectangle of white cloth divided into an upper third and a lower two thirds by an embroidered line of multi-coloured diamonds. In the lower section there are four circles with two playing cards and ACE embroidered across. Underneath each the words SUPER MAIZE MEAL 12.5 kg are embroidered.

Horizontal textile rectangle with embroidered designs including geometricised flowers, a train, aeroplanes, a house, snake, lion, scorpion and, birds. It has a row of short vertical lines along its lower edge in varying colours.

Black rectangle of cloth onto which stars, dots, geometricised flowers and bow tie shapes are beaded, Numerous small bronze coloured safety pins are attached to the cloth other in twos so as to cross each other. The letters Nirayisa nw ohN M d zA 1968 are embroidered onto the cloth

Flat circular tube of beading and alternating bands of colour.

Loop of beadwork with alternating bands of colour with buttons, bits of wood/root and a green plastic tea cup with a floral design..

Multi-strands of beadwork gathered at 7 equidistant points around its length each point accentuated with 2 brass buttons at every point.

Leather strap with buckle embellished with chains, reflectors, strips of leather with hollow studs and silver studs.

Domed lid woven from plant fibre and covered with beadwork with diamond, triangular and linear designs.

Basket with flaring mouth and narrowish base. It has strings of beads attached to its sides in linear patterns and its rim is wrapped with bead strings

Domed lid woven from plant fibre and covered with beadwork in linear designs.

Stick covered in beadwork with Zig-zag and diamond designs, It has a short beaded strap at one end.

Stick with bulbous head and a leather strap at the other end. The head and a large portion of the shaft is covered with telephone wire in twisted candy stripes.

Staff with bulbous end and short strap at the other end. The body of the shaft is covered with alternating colours bands with striped designs.

stick completely covered with telephone wire work in geometric designs

Ring sheathed in beadwork. Triangular designs