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1897.35.8

Necklet of wooden beads, awarded for valour.

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1897.35.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Necklet of wooden beads, awarded for valour.
Cultural groups
Zulu
Person
Field collector Mrs Charles Roberson
PRM source Mrs Charles Roberson
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1897
Date collected
By 1897
Acquisition information
Donated: 27/09/1897
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Dimensions
Length: max 440 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.35.8
Research and responses

According to information supplied by Robert Papini, Research Officer, Local History Museums, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, this is a Zulu iziqu zomnyezane or 'valour award'. [JC 6 5 1999]

Search terms: Status, Ornament, Bead, Status Object, Neck Ornament

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