Zulu beaded belt, South Africa

Beaded 3 roll belt with bronze buttons closure, half wound onto a cotton (?) core.
First half of the 20th century or earlier.

Glass beads, cotton, bronze buttons.

Dimensions:

Width: 4,8 cm
Length approx.: 72 cm

Literature:

“South East African Beadwork”, Stevenson-Grahan Steward, Fernwood Press, 2000
“beads and beadwork of East and South Africa” Carey, Margret, Shire Ethnography. 1986
“Beadwork, a world guide”, Crabtree and Stallebtrass, Rizzoli, 2002
“Speaking with beads”, Preston-Whyte, Eleanor, Thames & Hudson, 1994

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