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1914.38.17

Hair pin of bone shaped like a spear, decorated with beads and wound in sections with horsehair. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/10/2005]

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1914.38.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hair pin of bone shaped like a spear, decorated with beads and wound in sections with horsehair. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/10/2005]
Geographical reference
South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
KwaZulu / Natal
Cultural groups
Nguni
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1914
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 1914
Materials and processes
Material Bone, Material Horse Hair Animal, Material Bead, Process Carved, Process Wound
Dimensions
Length: max 242 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.38.17
Research and responses

Although accessioned with objects from Balfour's trip to Australia for the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting there is no indication from his travel diary that he visited South Africa as part of this trip. [CRFW 27/1/2003]

Search terms: Ornament, Hair Ornament, Pin