Mdukatshani - Fifty Years of Beading

Although Ellen taught the women to weave copper on jumbo sized eggs, some customers wanted small, some medium, and some large. In 2003 Sean Earle arrived on the farm with ostrich eggs for beading – an order which intimidated the women who had never seen such enormous eggs. The finished work was beautiful, but their anxiety shows on their faces.

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Mdukatshani – Fifty Years of Beading

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