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LOT 2699
Zulu Woman's Beaded 'Umutsha' Belt and Photograph of Ms Kokuthula Ncele a Descendant of the Owner
20TH CENTURY A.D.
67 1/4 in. (475 grams total, belt: 171 cm long).
Woven from Ncema grass with domed brass buttons, and colourful beads arranged in the 'isiphalafini' pattern. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected September 2003 in the mountains west of Pomeroy, in the Msinga district of Zululand.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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LOT 2699
Zulu Woman's Beaded 'Umutsha' Belt and Photograph of Ms Kokuthula Ncele a Descendant of the Owner
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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