- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Girl’s beaded apron, decorated with dark blue, red and brown lozenges on a white background. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/7/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Hluhluwe Reserve & Mkuze River
- Cultural groups
- Zulu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1935
- Date collected
- 1935
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1937
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Glass, Material String, Process Beadwork, Process Woven, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Height: max 136 mm, Width: max 267 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1937.38.28 Other numbers: 678
Search terms: Clothing, Children and Childcare, Bead, Ornament, Apron, Skirt, Groin-cover, Waist Ornament
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