Colourful beaded Choker
The patterns and colours of the beads represent different meanings; they can be used to indicate your age, marital status or social status. Beads by House of Pinacolada.
Xhosa Beaded Collar
Methods of Xhosa beadwork include a form of bead embroidery where beads are stitched onto animal skins and a form of netting used to create amazing open weave beaded collars. Beads by Ingqosha.
Xhosa Head and Neck Beads
Colours and patterns are used in Xhosa bead making to relay various messages that tell the gender, age, marital status, social status or even spiritual condition.
Xhosa Beaded Choker
In Xhosa beadwork white refers to “spiritual purity”, red refers to “royalty”, yellow represents “fertility”, and green ” “new life”. Common patterns used in Xhosa beadwork are diamonds, circles, parallel lines, and squares. Beads by House of Pinacolada