Object Listing

Rectangle of leather with beadwork in horizontal and vertical geometric designs. The leather is folded over to create a double layer along the top edge which is trimmed with beadwork. The lower section has two side flaps and a fringe between consisting of a row of leather strips tipped with beads. The fringe is covered with a rectangle of openwork beading.

Staff with the abstracted head of a man as finial. The head has a raised headring, oval mouth with teeth showing, has a beard and hair delineated with amasumpa designs. The staff is almost entirely covered with wirework.

Flat rounded leather bag with a thong handle and ostrich eggshell panel as a decorative strip around it. There are 6 short strings of eggshell beads attached to the centre top edge.

Necklace with two large rectangular tabs of beadwork and two small ones at opposite sides. They are decorated with diamond and linear designs These are linked by beaded strands

Narrow circular strip of leather with a row of buttons along the top and a fringe of beading below. Linear patterns

Two strings of beads in various colour with 3 panels of carved wooden strips attached. These are carved along one vertical side with zigzag facets. The necklace is tied with a button

Leather belt with beadwork attached in 2 horizontal zigzag rows resulting in triangular spaces between

Narrow semicircle of beading. Concentric linear designs

Rectangular strip of beading with zigzag designs

Beadwork over a rolled core of textile. Designs linear twisted.

Horizontal panel of beadwork with zigzag designs running along its centre. It has 2 ties at both narrow ends.

Staff with male head finial. The head wears a headring, has a large nose and ears a slit-like mouth and metal studs for eyes.

Small rectangle of beadwork attached to a safety pin above. It has triangular designs and a beaded fringe.

Small tab of beadwork with fringe below. On 3 strand neck fastener.

Two panelled necklace with shield motif in each panel

Long rectangular panel of beadwork with 8 sections of different beading techniques running across. It has a small square flap attached to its left hand lower edge. There are 2 vertical rows of larger beads at both ends and above the right hand end of the flap. Designs are linear vertical on panel and star and diamonds on flap

Rectangle of beadwork with linear and zigzag designs

Semi-circle of leather with a row of buttons along the top and a fringe of beading below. Linear patterns

Rectangular panel of beadwork with necktie attached to its top centre. Necklace has three rows of larger beads near its apex. The panel is decorated with colourful squares on a black background

Rectangle of canvas covered with beadwork on one side. Diagrammatic and geometric designs include buildings and lights. Sections of canvas are visible between the beadwork.

Rectangle of hide with a rounded bottom. Upper section decorated with three dissimilar strips of beadwork. Top section has beadwork wrapped around the top band. The second is a tricolour strip of linear lines of beading in parallel slanting lines. Third row divided into coloured sections interspersed with black strips.

Tall abstracted staff form with a round finial. The top 1/4 of the staff has projecting serrated fins that are of an undulating outline giving the staff the appearance of a cobra about to strike.

Half-ovoid of hide. Upper band section decorated with wrapped beadwork. Flap of canvas that covers the upper 1/4th has 5 rows of brass beads attached to its edge. This has in turn a rectangular beadwork strip attached with three smaller flaps - two at each end and one in the middle. Beaded flaps have linear designs worked into the lacy beadwork

Rectangle of canvas with beadwork in horizontal and vertical geometric designs - It has a circular design with a cross in its centre surrounded by a rectangular design in the centre upper section. The canvas is folded over to create a double layer along the top edge which has a beaded fringe. The lower section has two side flaps and a fringe between consisting of a row of twisted leather strips each tipped with a cylinder of beadwork.

Horizontal rectangular piece of cloth with the lower half decorated with 4 cut-out sections and strips of attached bead work and button decorations. This section is framed on all sides with two lines of white beadwork. The bottom edge is fringed in white beads.

Skirt with geometric beadwork and stitched designs decorating its lower half.

Flared cloth with a variety of lines, small triangles and Zig-zag designs all created by the technique of piping cover the lower half. Seven vertical rows of buttons cross the horizontal linear stitched designs at semi-regular intervals.

Flared textile with a variety of lines, small triangular Zig-zag piping designs covering the lower section. Six narrow piping rows divide these designs along the horizontal. Nine vertical rows of buttons cross the horizontal linear stitched designs - one in the middle and four each in the fist and third panel of the skirt. A strong black stripe that is part of the original textile appears in the middle upper section and two in the outer two lower sections.