YORUBA STYLE BEADED CONTAINERS ARCHIVES, NIGERIA

The Yoruba beaded copntainers below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.


These Yoruba beaded containers show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.

YORUBA STYLE
Beaded Container 1
8" high x 12.5" wide
SOLD

YORUBA STYLE
Beaded Container 2
16.5" high x 19" wide
SOLD

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

YORUBA
Beaded Containers, 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.

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