necklace

Necklace made chiefly of yellow beads. On each side those closest to the nape are of pale yellow, then a number of beads the colour and shape of sweet corn nibs, then a final section with brownish yellow beads of stone(?) Between these and the pendant, which is made of many tiny tassles of threaded black yellow and red beads, is a multicoloured imported bead, of a different design on each side. Among the tassels of the pendant, four are much longer than the others and have yellow beads at each end, black in the middle section, and a small number of red beads at the end. At the nape there is an imported bead on each side at the end of the string of yellow beads. Tied together at nape.

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