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Authentic handmade Zulu beadwork.

'Speaking with Beads' by Jean Morris & Eleanor Preston-White
Thames and Hudson
(Catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library)

p. 33 - "Girdle of a kind worn by young unmarried girls from the Nongoma area (Zulu capital, Kwa Zulu, Natal). Men will, on special occasions, wear a similar girdle, but -unlike unmarried girls - men wear them on the hip. Beadwork girdle worn by a married woman over her leather skirt or 'isidwaba' c - pre 1940"

The following antique Zulu beadwork is immediately available from our collection. They are each one of a kind. Photos seen elsewhere are copies from this site.

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1	Zulu Married Woman’s Necklaces a. Size: 110 cm Length, Open weave $189.00 b. Size: 64 cm Length, 8.5 x 6.5" $89.00 SOLD	SOLD Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 1. $345.00 2. $475.00
2	Antique Isigege  Pre 1950's - 16 x 8" $410.00	Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 $410.00
3	SOLD Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 $350.00	Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 15.75 x 12" $387.00
4	SOLD	Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 12 x 8" $400.00
5	Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 14 x 10.5" $387.00	Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 $400.00
6	SOLD Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 9.5 x 7" and 8 1/2" x 6" $400.00	SOLD Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 (partial view) $385.00
7	Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 11 1/2 x 7" $310.00	SOLD Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 $387.00
8	SOLD Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 15.75 x 8" $420.00	Antique Isigege  Pre 1940 13 x 7" $365.00
9	Ndebele beadwork Child's front piece $700.00	Ndebele Tribe $700.00
10	SOLD Ndebele "Nyoga" (old: history available)	Nongoma Area Seventy years old $400.00
11	Nongoma Area, Zululand Seventy years old 9 x 10" $400.00	Maasai Moran Wedding Belt Given to a Senior Warrior as a Wedding Gift by his Mother $850.00 each
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