anklet(Amadavathi)
- Museum number
- Af1997,06.187.a-b
- Description
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Pair of beadwork anklets; ?glass beads woven onto fibre. Consists of long strip of beadwork, made up of a horizontal row of black beads, which is itself made up of rows of four beads strung vertically. Double black row at top edge. Below first black row is horizontal white row, also made of vertically-strung beads, in rows of three. Latticed fringe at bottom edge, in white. Anklet b) has green cotton thread along reverse top row, and thinner ties.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.20 centimetres (a)
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Height: 1.70 centimetres (b)
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Width: 16.50 centimetres (a)
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Width: 16 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 191. Jolles notes is worn by married women.
- 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
- Af1997,06.187.a-b
