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Necklace made of ostrich eggshell beads
Necklace made of ostrich eggshell beads
Object Number 2004.24.33139
Display Title Necklace made of ostrich eggshell beads
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Ornament
  • Necklace
  • Bead
Department Photographic
Date 1991
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia
Additional Geographic Terms Nyae Nyae Area; Kalahari Desert
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 5.72 cm (2 1/4 in.)

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Necklace made with ostrich eggshell beads
2004.24.33138 Necklace made with ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia
Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of white glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black and white glass bead chevron pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads, black glass beads, or white glass beads are across the front of the skirt
2011.27.3 Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of white glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black and white glass bead chevron pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads, black glass beads, or white glass beads are across the front of the skirt
Skirt
Botswana
Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
2004.24.33140.2 Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia
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Namibia
Pubic apron; hide, ostrich-eggshell beads, sinew, seed casings or insect carapaces, residual pigment and fat
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Namibia
Pubic apron; hide, ostrich-eggshell beads, sinew, seed casings or insect carapaces, residual pigment and fat
2004.24.32722B Pubic apron; hide, ostrich-eggshell beads, sinew, seed casings or insect carapaces, residual pigment and fat
Namibia
Bag; Hide; Ostrich-eggshell; Beads; Copper; Glass; Plastic; Sinew
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Namibia
Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
2004.24.33140.1 Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia
Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of black glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black, white and red glass bead zigzag pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads and black and white glass beads on either side
2011.27.2 Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of black glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black, white and red glass bead zigzag pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads and black and white glass beads on either side
Skirt
Botswana
Compact, tortoise shell, and ostrich eggshell beads
2004.24.33133 Compact, tortoise shell, and ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia
Woman sitting, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
2001.29.16068 Woman sitting, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting next to a skerm, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy