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LOT 2701
Zulu Woman's 'Umutsha' Beaded Belt
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
31 1/2 in. (213 grams, 80 cm long).
A woven, thick belt decorated with an intricate polychrome beadwork. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Collected near Rorke's Drift, South Africa, in 2001.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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