anklet(Amadavathi)
- Museum number
- Af1997,06.184.a-b
- Description
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Pair of beadwork anklets; ?glass beads woven onto fibre. Consists of three white rectangular panels, central triangular motif made up of small squares of twelve beads each, in which, blues, black and green on panels one and three (left and right); with orange, green, black and blues on middle panel. At centre of each rectangle, tip of each triangle protrudes above panel, along top edge, in cluster of beads. This is occurs in white in between each panel along the top edge. Loop fastening; pairs of white plastic beads at ends.
- Production date
- 1950s
- Dimensions
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Height: 4 centimetres (a)
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Height: 3.50 centimetres (b)
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Width: 27 centimetres (a)
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Width: 27.50 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 0.40 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 0.40 centimetres (b)
- Curator's comments
- Because of duplicate photos, Jolles collection is out of sequence: this object corresponds with the Jolles' collection number 188. 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
- Af1997,06.184.a-b
