Beadwork necklet: beadwork with fringe, with leather loop and mushroom shaped bead as clasp [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Beadwork necklet: beadwork with fringe, with leather loop and mushroom shaped bead as clasp [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/7/2005]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Eastern Province KwaZulu/Natal Province (Transkei)
Cultural groups: Mfengu
Person: Field collector Henry Reade Woodroofe; PRM source Henry Reade Woodroofe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1910
Date collected: By 1910
Acquisition information: Donated: 1910
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Metal, Process Beadwork
Dimensions: Width: max 30 mm, Length: max 355 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1910.22.21
Research and responses: Transkei was a former republic (though never internationally recognized as such) in South Africa. Its territory became part of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu/Natal provinces. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 11/9/2000]