hat-ornament(Isipeleti)
- Museum number
- Af1997,06.206
- Description
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Beadwork hat ornament; ?glass beads woven onto fibre. Consists of white rectangular panel; woven onto green thread, with double row of beads at one long edge, and double row at other with horizontal row of beads joined vertically above a single raised horizontal row. Two central 'X' shaped motifs in green, black, blue yellow and red (from outside to centre). Two metal safety pins towards rear top, on natural string.
- Production date
- 1960s
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.40 centimetres
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Width: 11.60 centimetres
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Depth: 0.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Because of duplicate photos, Jolles catalogue is out of sequence: this object corresponds with the Jolles' collection number 210. Jolles notes cite Jolles 1991, 68.
- 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
- Af1997,06.206
