Royal ceremonial beadwork: breast cover (incebetha)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Royal ceremonial beadwork: breast cover (incebetha)

1800s

Glass beads, hide, and sinew
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

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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