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Ostrich eggshell beads strung on sinew. A short sinew thread has one red glass trade bead and one eggshell bead attached to the necklace.
Curving, rectangular piece of leather bordered on three sides with a band of ostrich eggshell beads that is ten rows wide. Band is sewn to hide and traces of stitching also occur at the centre front top. Hide ties are sewn at the beaded ends.
A loop of stiff brown hide to which a piece of soft dark grey hide is attached. It is split into three strips, each terminating with a cowrie shell. The two pieces are secured together by a binding of leather stitched in place.
Band of glass beads woven on nylon line. The pattern is a row of lozenges along longitudinal axis of the band at centre. There are blue beads at each corner of lozenges with semicircles along edges attached to lateral points of lozenges. Half of the lozenges and semi-circles are red and half are yellow, except for one and one half green diamonds.
Strips of hide and strands of red, blue, and yellow trade beads are knotted and suspended from a hide tie.
Small light blue, green, medium blue, clear glass, red, white, yellow and dark blue trade beads strung on sinew systematically in a type of patterning. Five larger white trade beads at fastening.
Roughly drilled ostrich eggshell beads strung on tightly wrapped sinew.
Long strand of ostrich eggshell beads of uniform size, interspersed with short pieces of brown reed. Strung on sinew and tied at the end with a strip of brown leather, which also ties the strand together in eight loops.
Necklace of trade beads: red wooden beads alternating with small black beads; secured at back with white button. Dangling from necklace, there is a small section of white beads and a section of red beads that are strung together, ending with a large red wooden bead. Strung on sinew.
Three strands with alternating groups of red and white beads with button fastener, strung on sinew. Groups of beads separated by leather strips.