Necklace Item Number: 3468/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Beaded necklace with six layers of square beadwork panels attached together at the centre. The first and third panel each have a three by three grid, second and fifth panel each have a hexagon, fourth panel has a hexagon-like shape with two triangular protrusions, and the sixth panel has a hexagon shape with one triangular protrusion. There are six ties running horizontally through the necklace, creating raised lines of beading. These horizontal pieces are mostly beaded in white, with a section of vertical stripes: red, green, black, yellow, black, green, and red. The fibre ties extend out on both sides, and have red colouring near the beadwork and at the ends, some of which are knotted.
Collected by the donor’s family between 1967 and 1970 during a time when they lived in South Africa.