YORUBA BEADWORK, NIGERIA

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YORUBA STYLE Beaded Bell 8" high $500

YORUBA STYLE Beaded Object 32 11" high $300

YORUBA STYLE Beaded Flywhisk 1 20" high $500

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YORUBA Dance Skirt 1 59" wide x 9" high $1500

YORUBA Ifa Diviner's Panels

Yoruba Beaded Object 62

YORUBA Beaded Diviner's Bags

Yoruba Beaded Crown 47

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YORUBA STYLE Beaded Vests

YORUBA STYLE Beaded Belts

YORUBA STYLE Divination Necklaces

YORUBA Beaded Diviner's Bags

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YORUBA STYLE Wall of Sashes

YORUBA STYLE Beaded Sheaths

YORUBA STYLE Beaded Sashes

YORUBA STYLE Beaded Sashes 2

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YORUBA Cowrie Baskets ALL SOLD

YORUBA STYLE Beaded Staffs ALL SOLD

YORUBA STYLE Beaded Containers ALLSOLD

YORUBA STYLE Beaded  Figure 31 SOLD

Yoruba Beaded Crowns ALL SOLD

Yoruba Beaded Crowns ALL SOLD

Yoruba Beaded Crowns ALL SOLD

Yoruba Divination Object 1 SOLD

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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.

Most of our Yoruba beadwork is probably made for sale. There are some pieces vetted as authentic in the bags, crowns, panels and sheaths categories.

Recommended reading: Beads Body and Soul: Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe, by Drewal and Mason