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Dinka beaded corset beadwork

Also known as Dinka beadwork

Dinka beaded corset beadwork: photograph by Ann Porteus from Tasmania, Australia
Photo: Ann Porteus from Tasmania, Australia, CC BY 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Thread coloured beads in rows to match a pattern and build a corset in layers of colour.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of South Sudan.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Africa: Nile and the Horn.

Sources

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