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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.

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

Long thin curved hairpin pointed at one end and with a flat leaf shape with serrated edges and a split down the centre at the other end. About half of the shaft is decorated with animal hair wound around it and 4 circlets of beads attached. Some of the animal hair is coming loose

Thin hairpin pointed at both ends. A short length of the shaft is decorated with animal hair wound around it and a few beads attached.

Long strands of beads divided into five sections with a tassel at the end

Long strands of beads divided into five sections with a tassel at the end

Long tassel-like figure with a top-knot of hair below which is a mop of strands of predominantly red beads. A tightly wound section of brass wire is below this onto which the long tassel hangs. It is surrounded at the top end by a skirt of predominantly white beaded threads and all down its length larger beads are attached a intervals.

Long tassel-like figure with a top-knot of red beads on hair. This becomes a tightly wound cylindrical section of brass wire is below which is a bunch of strands of white beads with long tassels hanging below. A loop of black and white beads with two yellow ones threads around the top of the figure.

Circle of flared textile with a waistband. Four rows of concentric semicircles of beading decorate the lower edge. Above this vertical rows of beading run from upper concentric circle to waistband