Diaykatou Ferr (Stringing Beads)
29 x 20”, Original Woodburning with oil-based color pencil
©2006 Djibril N’Doye
Bead work, dancing, and drumming are at the core of African culture. While dancing, an acoustic glass bead sound is heard with each movement of the woman who dances. These beads are being strung to be worn around the dancer’s waist under her clothing.
Although the woman in this drawing wears the strands of beads around her neck, they serve as the display of her merchandise available for sale. She is a street merchant making a day-to-day living.
She strings colored glass beads in lengths to be worn around a woman’s waist.
Women wear several strings of mid-sized beads around their waist - but under their clothing.
This generally adds to a woman’s mystique since one cannot see the beads but can easily hear them when she dances.
- Reproductions: Available
- Collections: Women in Rural Life