Ornament

Museum number:
5-9946
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2440
Description:
Beaded bottle w/ beaded cover, bead loop handles; 2 shell buttons attached at top; blue, red, black, white-banded design; beaded fringe on the bottom; height 4.5 cm
Donor:
Florence M. Frost
Collection place:
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
Culture or time period:
Tembu tribe
Collector:
Florence M. Frost
Collection date:
1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Used only by the medicine man who carried his tikki (magic powder) in it, hung from his belt. He puts a pinch of powder in the water for his patients
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Materials and techniques: bottle, glass trade beads, shell buttons; glass bottle and buttons probably from two Ewo ash heap.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 5-9946, described as Beaded bottle w/ beaded cover, bead loop handles; 2 shell buttons attached at top; blue, red, black, white-banded design; beaded fringe on the bottom; height 4.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 5-9946, described as Beaded bottle w/ beaded cover, bead loop handles; 2 shell buttons attached at top; blue, red, black, white-banded design; beaded fringe on the bottom; height 4.5 cm

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