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1944.2.32

Neck ornament consisting of single strings of white trade beads twisted around a plant fibre core. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/7/2005]

1944.2.32

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Collection type
Object
Description
Neck ornament consisting of single strings of white trade beads twisted around a plant fibre core. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/7/2005]
Cultural groups
Zulu
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1902
Date collected
1899-1902
Acquisition information
Donated: 1944
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Plant Fibre, Material Glass, Material String, Process Twisted, Process Beadwork, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 322 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1944.2.32
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Letter from Thomas Gayer Gayer-Anderson dated 23/1/44 offering 'Kaffir or Zulu (?)' bead ornaments to the Pitt Rivers Museum. List of objects 'Bead Ornaments ("Kaffir" or Zulu) from the Transvaal & Orange River Colony during Boer War'. [GI 9/1/2002]

Search terms: Ornament, Bead, Trade, Neck Ornament