hat-ornament(Isipeleti)
- Museum number
- Af1997,06.222
- Description
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Beadwork hat ornament; ?glass beads woven onto fibre. Rectangle, mainly white, with double raised row at one edge, below double row running horizontally with metal rod through reverse. Text beaded into rectangle reads UXOLO. Text is in orange, blue, black and green. Metal safety pin through rear.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.50 centimetres
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Width: 9.50 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Because of duplicate photos, Jolles catalogue is out of sequence: this object corresponds with the Jolles' collection number 227. Jolles notes text means: "If a girl falls in love, and another man starts proposing she says 'uxolo', I'm sorry, to him."
- 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
- Af1997,06.222
