Cleveland Museum of Art
Ceremonial beadwork for a Xhosa royal woman: headdress (umnqwazi), pendant, breast cover (incebetha), pair of anklets (izitsaba)
1800s
The beads to make an ensemble like this cost several cattle in the early nineteenth century, an amount most couldn't afford.
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