Bead belt or headband, consisting of a circle of blue and white beadwork strings and narrow bands; from the centre of this hangs a very long tassel of 3 strings of white and blue beads. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bead belt or headband, consisting of a circle of blue and white beadwork strings and narrow bands; from the centre of this hangs a very long tassel of 3 strings of white and blue beads. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/7/2005]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Eastern Province KwaZulu/Natal Province (Transkei)
Cultural groups: Xhosa
Person: Field collector Mrs Vickers; PRM source A.G. Pattish or Parrish; PRM source Mrs Pattish or Parrish
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1918
Date collected: 1905 - 1918
Acquisition information: Donated: 1982
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Sinew, Material Glass, Process Strung, Process Beadwork
Dimensions: Diameter: max 250 mm circle, Length: max 1800 mm tassels
Object numbers: Accession number: 1982.17.3
Research and responses: Transkei was a former republic (though never internationally recognized as such) in South Africa. Its territory became part of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu/Natal provinces. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 20/11/2000]

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