Neck ornament, now broken, consisting of a string [.1] of 3 beadwork panels (2 dark blue, red and white, and 1 bright blue, red and white); and a loose beadwork panel [.2] (bright blue, red and white). [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament, now broken, consisting of a string [.1] of 3 beadwork panels (2 dark blue, red and white, and 1 bright blue, red and white); and a loose beadwork panel [.2] (bright blue, red and white). [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: Length: max 255 mm, Width: max 50 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1982.17.4.1 Accession number: 1982.17.4.2
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]