Bead Collection (#2)

South Africa - A M hlope Girl outside her house Date: circa 1906

Profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya
A stunning profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya. Note the elongated earlobe piercing and remarkably decorative hair braiding. Date: circa 1930s

Vietnam - Traditional costume of woman from Chinese border
Vietnam - Traditional costume of woman from Chinese / Vietnamese border region. Date: circa 1904

A relief wood carver and his work
A relief wood carver seated alongside his work and the tools of his trade Date: circa 1920

Arabian Dancers - Port Said, Egypt. Date: circa 1902

Turkish Rosary Bead sellers Date: circa 1910s

Anguis niger, bead snake & Convolvulus radice, Virginian pot
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Cemophora coccinea, scarlet snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Bead Snake

Edwardian necklace
A necklace containing fake amber beads. Included are celluloid, phenolic resin, casein and glass beads. Fig. 11 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule

Porosphaera (sponge) necklace
Necklace of Porosphaera beads from the Bronze Age, Higham Marshes, near Rochester, Kent. From the neck of a crouched skeleton in a stone-lined grave

Lapis lazuli
Beads of lapis lazuli, with rough lapis lazuli, from Afghanistan. Lapis lazuli (sodium calcium aluminum silicate sulphur sulphate) is a rich blue opaque, semi-precious stone

Palaung women - Kalaw

Syrian Tribal Girl
A very striking Syrian Tribal Girl in traditional costume. Date: circa 1930s

Mary Bad Eyes and Papoose (baby). Date: 1912

Bead Seller, Constantinople
A seller of strings of beads, Constantinople

Izmir, Turkey - Jewish bead seller
Jewish bead sellers at the market in Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Young Bedouin Girl - Tunisia
A young Bedouin Girl from Tunisia

Hand Banner Screen
French design for a hand banner screen, on Berlin tent, with cross-stitch and bead work

Bonnets & Hats 1860S
Hat designs by Mademoiselle Herst: a flat shaped hat tied to the head with broad lappets or bonnet strings. Trimmed with lace, ribbon, artificial flowers & beaded fringing

CLOAK & ROBE 1914
Mantle with a yoke, voluminous sleeves & fur trim & close fitting hat with aigrette; white tunic dress with beaded epaulettes, tunic & bead fringe hem

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