Object Listing

8 beaded rings on undisclosed cores - one orange, one green, one yellow, one blue, two white and two with diamond designs.

4 beaded rings on undisclosed cores

Large vessel with small base flaring to wide mouth.

Rectangle of red cloth with two waist ties at top corners. There are 5 horizontal bands - the top one is undecorated, the 2nd has a dot and line design, the 3rd has 9 triangular flaps of beadwork and between each is a beaded star; the 3rd band repeats the 2nd row but with a small flap of beadwork attached to the centre. The 4th band has 8 star designs which are partly covered by an upholstery fringe that has been attached. Along the bottom edge a row of 11 triangular flaps of beadwork with a variety of designs is attached.

Rectangular panel divided into 4 horizontal sections - the top and third panel have linear, triangle and dot designs created from beadwork and the second and fourth sections have triangular bead pieces, pointed end down, attached. These have geometric and letter designs and the triangular space between each has lines of beadwork. There is a short beaded fringe along the lower edge.

Pleated leather skirt with textile strips edges with beadwork attached to its upper edge (see isinkoti)

Short red waistcoat heavily decorated with white beading in geometric patterns. Two beaded train attached to opposite sides hang down the back decorated with guinea fowl designs. Two long strings of beads hang down on either side of each train.

Rectangular panel of beadwork with nyaleti/star designs with mhangele/guinea fowl triangles in the centre of the stars. Round beadwork balls attached to each corner.

Rectangular panel of beadwork with nyaleti/star designs with mhangele/guinea fowl triangles in the centre of the stars. Round beadwork balls attached to each corner.

Beaded cap with star around diamond design. Beadwork strand encircling the side and the top

Two long rectangular trains of beadwork each with 7 nyeleti/star designs down their centres with mhangele/guinea fowl designs in each star. Each train has 2 bunches of long strings of beads with brass bells on the ends. These are attached to the trains at each top corner

Rectangular panel of red textile with beaded designs in white in linear, triangle and diamond shaped designs in 3 horizontal rows.

Rectangle of red textile covered with geometric, organic and abstracted designs including a stylised rondavel and two radiating stars. Above the rondavel the words DUNGAMANZI are beaded.

Heavy gathered skirt in salempore fabric. It has two layers of fabric - a shorter one layered on top the lower longer section. Overlaid onto the skirt are seven panels of beadwork. These have nyeleti and mhangele designs..

Vertically striped blanket folded in two - the upper layer overlays half of the lower layer. There are 3 horizontal panels of beadwork - one across the middle of the upper layer, one along the edge of the upper layer and one in the middle of the lower layer. The upper and lower panels have multi-coloured geometric designs. The central panel is white beads only.

Three rows of beadwork attached to a leather band runs horizontally. From this are suspended multiple strings of white beads with a black triangular design along the top edge.

Rectangle of ochre coloured cloth that is decorated in its lower half with roundels of beadwork, two rows of zigzags and a fringed bottom.

Heavy gathered skirt in salempore fabric. It has two layers of fabric - a shorter one layered on top the lower longer section. The skirt is covered with a lacy beaded layer around. Overlaid onto this are 7 rectangular panels of beadwork attached with safety pins. These are in a variety of designs including the nyaleti/star and mhangele/guinea fowl. Further embellishments include a roundel of beads and strings of beads with small metal bells and pompoms on the end.

Rectangular bag of leather with many leather fringes at each narrow end. These fringes are decorated with beads. The bag is edges in red beads along the long sides and green beads along the short sides. The front of the bag is decorated with 9 rows of 3 vertical circles of beads with black centres and white edges. In the centre of the rectangle is a handle with twisting lines of black, green and white beads on a leather strap

Long band of beadwork with triangular zigzag designs and with a beaded fringe

Rectangular beaded panel with vertical rows of zigzags and with a fringe of bead strands along its lower edge. These strands are tipped with a seed (SARCOLAENACEAE Toddalia sp) and a small cluster of white beads. (see necklace 63906 in Kew Garden collection for the same seed). It is attached to a two-roll waistband.

Five rolls of fabric which have been wrapped in beads strings. It has linear designs

Rectangular panel of beadwork divided into 4 vertical panels each with strong triangular designs. The upper edge has 4 rows of larger flatter beads interspaced with triangular sections of beads from dark red seeds. The side and lower edges trimmed with large round beads.

Beaded bag with 5 rows of white speckled beadwork in green, black, red, black and green and edged in red. It has a handle consisting of three strands of beaded strings.

Insect carapace decorated with beading attached to a 3 strand fastener.

Long thin curved hairpin pointed at both ends. Just under half of the shaft is decorated with animal hair wound around it and beads attached.

Long thin curved hairpin pointed at both ends. Just under half of the shaft is decorated with animal hair wound around it and strings of beads attached.