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1980.1.2

Beadwork apron with mushroom shaped metal bead and ring at one end [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/7/2005]

1980.1.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Beadwork apron with mushroom shaped metal bead and ring at one end [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/7/2005]
Geographical reference
South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
Person
Field collector D. Henderson
PRM source Anna Cecilia Western
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1880
Date collected
1870 - 1880
Acquisition information
Donated: 1980
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material String, Material Metal, Process Beadwork
Dimensions
Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 150 mm beadwork
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.1.2
Research and responses

Please note that the full name of Miss Western was located in the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities [L.Ph 26/3/2004]

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Apron, Waist Ornament, Groin-cover

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