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Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
Object Number 2004.24.33140.2
Display Title Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
Descriptions
Subject
  • Ornament
  • Bead
  • Headband
Department Photographic
Date 1991
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • San
  • Ju/'hoansi
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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Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
2004.24.33140.1 Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia
Pubic apron; hide, ostrich-eggshell beads, sinew, seed casings or insect carapaces, residual pigment and fat
2004.24.32722A Pubic apron; hide, ostrich-eggshell beads, sinew, seed casings or insect carapaces, residual pigment and fat
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
Compact, tortoise shell, and ostrich eggshell beads
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Namibia
Necklace made with ostrich eggshell beads
2004.24.33138 Necklace made with ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia
Ostrich eggshell bead headband - made by women; bore hole in broken shell by twirling implement
56-57-50/9862 Ostrich eggshell bead headband - made by women; bore hole in broken shell by twirling implement
Headband
Nyae Nyae
Portrait of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of Western beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28485 Portrait of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of Western beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portrait of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of Western beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face
2001.29.22467 Portrait of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of Western beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Bag with ostrich eggshell beads
2004.24.33147 Bag with ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia
Bag; Hide; Ostrich-eggshell; Beads; Copper; Glass; Plastic; Sinew
2004.24.33134 Bag; Hide; Ostrich-eggshell; Beads; Copper; Glass; Plastic; Sinew
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
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