Ostrich egg shells have been used to make beads in Africa for 10,000
years, and ostrich egg shell beads are still made today in some
areas. Traditionally, ostrich egg-shell beads were made by women.
Drilled stone beads were more often made by men. This ostrich egg-shell
necklace was collected in 1933 in Sudan.
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database record 1934.8.69
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