Item X 46766 Ornament, neck. Tsolo, Transkei, Cape Province, South Africa. pre 1891

Physical Description

Beaded necklace comprised of a collar with three strands either side of red beads with a section of alternate red and white beads and a white button clasp. The collar features a band of white beads in a zig zag pattern stitched onto a brown fibre background. This band has a row of corn blue beads on opposing edges. At the top there is a row of white, black and red beads. There are five rectangular sections with a white beaded background with red and black triangular designs. In between the rectangles are sections of white beaded fringes with a single black bead towards the end of each strand.