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bead work

human history
  • Common Name
    Adornment
  • Description

    piece of beadwork. beadwork sewn onto a five sided piece of velvet and the edge are bound with red silk. The work is backed with a piece of white canvas like fabric. The design of the beadwork features a cream flower in the centre with colourful leaf fronds surrounding in red, orange, blue, pink and green. above this is a detail in a half moon shape of three leaf fronds in orange and blue surrounded by a border which has a yellow outline with a blue zig zag pattern inside.

    This border is featured around the entire edge as well.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1917.17
  • Accession Date
    Circa 1917
  • Other Id

    8743 (ethnology)

  • Department

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