Headdress (formerly described as a baby carrier)

Collection type: Object
Description: Headdress (formerly described as a baby carrier)
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Cape of Good Hope
Cultural groups: Nguni
Person: Field collector Louisa de Lisle; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: On or before 1827
Date collected: ?On or before 1827
Acquisition information: Transferred: 04/03/1886
Materials and processes: Material Antelope Skin Animal, Material Bead, Material Glass, Process Beadwork
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.1.466
Research and responses: The note on page 3 of the PR accession book is for 1884.4.7 and .8: Accession Book IV entry - 1884.4.1 - 8 - Cradles and Baby Carriers Woman's baby-carrier SE Africa. Added Accession Book IV entry - Note by Mr E.H. Bigalke, East London S. Africa. These are women's headdresses. Confirmed by Miss E.M. Shaw, South African Musuem, Cape Town, who gives the following references [14.9.1973] "Kay, S. 1883 Travels and Researches in Africa London Mason p114 Döhne J.L. 1844 Das Kaffirland und seine Bewshner [sic] Berlin Evangelisches Missionhaus p41 Norbury H.F. 1880 The Naval Brigade in South Africa London Simpson Low etc p15 Kropf A. 1889 Das Volk der Xosa-Kaffir Berlin Evangelisches Missionhaus p116 Cf Ashen 487 figure wearing a similar headdress" [BB]

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