YORUBA BEADED SKIRTS ARCHIVES, NIGERIA

The skirt below has been sold and is left here for reference and educational purposes.


       

YORUBA
Dance Skirt 2
25' wide x 7" high
SOLD

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

YORUBA
BEADED SKIRTS
Nigeria

Beads were signs of wealth and status. Many Yoruba sacred and secular objects were embellished with elaborate images and symbolic designs created by small glass beads.

These skirts have not been vetted so they may have been made to be sold.

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