Fringed beadwork apron. HIde waistband with fringes of small beads in white, red, black, blues and blue and white stripes. Plant fibre yarn beadedtassels at the ends of the fringes. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fringed beadwork apron. HIde waistband with fringes of small beads in white, red, black, blues and blue and white stripes. Plant fibre yarn beadedtassels at the ends of the fringes. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/7/2005]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Cultural groups: Nguni
Person: Field collector Henry Martin Gibbs; PRM source Henry Martin Gibbs
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Beadwork
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 460 x 210 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.30.11
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter to Tylor from John A. Gibbs, dated 16 April 1900, mainly concerning his cousin's Peruvian collection: "... I am staying here with my cousin Henry Martin Gibbs and he has been showing me a collection of Peruvian articles which he made about 25 years ago... I may mention that you possibly know my cousin's name as having been one of the chief benefactors of Keble College...". [CF 22/10/2001]

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