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1884.76.22

Ornament of copper beads threaded on string. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/8/2005]

1884.76.22

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ornament of copper beads threaded on string. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/8/2005]
Geographical reference
South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Unknown
Cultural groups
Nguni
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1874
Date collected
Prior to 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Copper Metal, Material String, Process Strung, Process Threaded, Process Recycled
Dimensions
Length: max 130 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.76.22 Other numbers: 81 PR Cat other PR nos: 1614
Research and responses

Information about 'Kaffir' [sic] ornaments is given in JG Wood 1870 Natural History of Man: Africa Chapter V and VI [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Bead, Ornament, Currency, Coin, Arm Ornament, Neck Ornament

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