Necklace of beads: blue, white, navy, red & black. Fastener with red loop & triangular metal bead. Three trade pearl buttons sewn at intervals along the length of the necklace.

Collection type: Object
Description: Necklace of beads: blue, white, navy, red & black. Fastener with red loop & triangular metal bead. Three trade pearl buttons sewn at intervals along the length of the necklace.
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Eastern Province (Transkei)
Cultural groups: Mpondo
Person: Field collector St Cuthbert's Mission, Tsolo; PRM source Cowley, Wantage & All Saints Missionary Association; PRM source Miss Graham
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1963
Date collected: By 1963
Acquisition information: Donated: 1963
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Metal, Material Pearl, Process Beadwork, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 780 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1963.1.17
Research and responses: Transkei was a former republic (though never internationally recognized as such) in South Africa. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 11/9/2000]