anklet(Amadavathi)
- Museum number
- Af1997,06.180.a-b
- Description
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Pair of beadwork anklets; ?glass beads woven onto fibre. Consists of three white rectangular panels, with double row of beads at top and bottom long edges. First and third panels (left and right) have inward-facing arrow motifs in green and orange; middle panel has same motif in orange and blue. Red ties, green plastic beads at ends. Anklet a) has one natural-coloured tie.
- Production date
- 1950s
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.20 centimetres (a)
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Height: 3.20 centimetres (b)
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Width: 20.10 centimetres (a)
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Width: 20 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 0.30 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 0.30 centimetres (b)
- Curator's comments
- Because of duplicate photos, Jolles collection is out of sequence: this object corresponds with the Jolles' collection number 184. Jolles notes read: "Worn by married women incl. inkosikazi."
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Items from the Jolles collection were on display in the BP Ethnography Showcase exhibition entitled 'Zulu Beadwork', which closed on 18 Jan 1998.
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired by Professor Jolles in 1989, from Chief Mkhize.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1997,06.180.a-b
