Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

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Zulu Beer pot Lid

Maker Zulu Artist

Date1950s

Made/manufacturedSouth Africa, Africa

MediumColored beads, fiber

Dimensions3 x 7 1/8 in. (7.6 x 18.1 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Object number2010.90.5

Collections

AFRICAN

DescriptionPatterns of beads lie upon the open basketry of this imbeng. Two truncated triangles lie opposite each other, one in black, red, and yellow, stripes, the other white, black, green, and red, in interior triangles and stripes. The center of the basket holds a circle of larger white beads woven to strand up and away from the surface. At the two other cardinal points, two lines of pinkish beads in clusters of seven are on one side, while clusters of seven red and black beads are on the other.