Girdle consisting of a single rope of cotton thread, covered in blue and pink beads; a plaited tassel at either end. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/5/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Girdle consisting of a single rope of cotton thread, covered in blue and pink beads; a plaited tassel at either end. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/5/2005]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Cultural groups: Sotho
Person: Field collector Frederic John Newnham; PRM source Miss G.F. Newnham
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: 1894 - 1907
Acquisition information: Donated: 1953
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material Glass, Process Stitched, Process Beadwork, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 1110 mm including tassels
Object numbers: Accession number: 1953.6.13
Research and responses: Related Documents File - 'List of native curios collected by F. J. Newnham, between 1894 and 1907', written by G. F. Newnham with additional information on a related photographic collection: 'The British Museum also holds the negatives of a certain number of photographs of the native locations whence the exhibits were collected in 1906. They seem to think these will be increasingly valuable, as my father caught the native way of living just before the transition period and the advent of modern aids . . . ' [GI 7/2/2002]