Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025

Lot 301

A collection of Xhosa beadwork

Estimate £300 - £400

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Description

A collection of Xhosa beadwork
South Africa
including a skirt, with leather, mother of pearl buttons and three pouch pendants, 62cm wide, seven waist bands and five neck ornaments and another of seeds, and a cotton skirt with beads and mother of pearl buttons. (15)

Provenance
Philip Mayer, anthropologist (1910 - 1995)