anklet(Amadavathi)
- Museum number
- Af1997,06.183
- Description
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Beadwork anklet; ?glass beads woven onto fibre. Consists of three white rectangular panels, with central motif of interlocking rectangles of nine beads, forming triangular shape, in orange, green, blues and black on panels one and three; and in yellow, blues, black and green on middle panel. Double row of beads at bottom of each panel. Pairs of plastic white beads at each end; loop fastening.
- Production date
- 1950s
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.20 centimetres
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Width: 27 centimetres
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Depth: 0.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Because of duplicate photos, Jolles collection is out of sequence: this object corresponds with the Jolles' collection number 187. Jolles notes is worn by married women and old men.
- 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.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1997,06.183
