Kuba Ceremonial Beaded Belt 5cm deep and weighs 1100

5cm deep and weighs 1100 grams

Chicago Illinois and on the other it has MDI printed in France

They are woven by women and given to young men after their initiation and are worn on the chest or sometimes on the back and even occasionally held in the teeth

The skull has been very well cleaned and bleached and came from an animal that died on the road

Kuba Ceremonial Beaded Belt 5cm deep and weighs 1100An early example of a Kuba beaded belt from the DRC. There are a few cowries missing as can be seen in the photos. On the reverse you can see that it is stitched with plant fibres onto a rough hessian type backing. This measures 91cm long and 6cm at its widest. Beads and royalty are closely linked in Africa. For centuries, African rulers accumulated valuable, locally made and imported beads. They also controlled their distribution and use. The