- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Leg ornament; flexible circlet of coiled brass wire with bands of brass ribbon wrapped around the outside. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/10/2005]
- Geographical reference
- KwaZulu / Natal near Pietermaritzburg Swartkop Laduma's Kraal
- Cultural groups
- Nguni
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1905
- Date collected
- 1905
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1906
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal Wire, Material Brass Metal, Process Bound, Process Wound, Process Coiled
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 108 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1906.39.34
Search terms: Ornament, Leg Ornament
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