KUBA STYLE BEADED WRISTBANDS, DRC



KUBA STYLE Beaded wristbands 21-25
from left to right

21. ..... 8.5" long x 2.0" wide......$30
22. ..... 8.0" long x 1.5" wide......$30
23. ..... 8.0" long x 2.0" wide......$30
24. ..... 9.0" long x 2.5" wide......$30
25. ..... 7.5" long x 2.0" wide......$30




KUBA STYLE Beaded wristbands 26-30
from left to right

26. ..... 8.0" long x 1.4" wide......$30 SOLD
27. ..... 9.0" long x 2.3" wide......$30 SOLD
28. ..... 7.5" long x 1.5" wide......$30
29. ..... 7.3" long x 2.0" wide......$30 SOLD
30. ..... 7.5" long x 2.0" wide......$30



Photographs © Tim Hamill

KUBA STYLE BEADED WRISTBANDS, DRC

Although excellent examples of Kuba beadwork, these beaded wristbands were probably made to be sold.

They are tightly beaded with cowrie shells. We think numbers 21, 22, 24 and 25 would be too stiff to actually wear (unless you want to wear them as in the picture below). All but 24 have ties to fasten.

Kuba king in regalia, 1947 photograph by Eliot Elisofon
Museum of African Art, Eliot Elisofon Archives
(Note wristbands)

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