Root and bead necklace

Museum number:
5-1530
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1308
Description:
Bracelet of mootle root and glass beads, 12", 20.48cm circumference. Made during pre-Boer war period
Donor:
Mrs. Henley Miller
Collection place:
Johannesburg, Gauteng province, Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Johannesburg, South Africa Nguni or Tswana
Culture or time period:
Nguni
Collector:
Emily Hussey
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bead necklaces and Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Root and bead necklace, accession number 5-1530, described as Bracelet of mootle root and glass beads, 12", 20.48cm circumference. Made during pre-Boer war period
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root and bead necklace, accession number 5-1530, described as Bracelet of mootle root and glass beads, 12", 20.48cm circumference. Made during pre-Boer war period

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