Neckband

Museum number:
5-7328
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2423
Description:
Neck band; flat glass beaded pendant with inverted V designs of green and blue on white background with red bead trim; suspended from two strands of green beads interspersed with some segments of red, white and blue beads; pendant 6 cm x 6 cm. Worn by young men. Native name: isigeina. Collected July 1968.
Donor:
Basil Holt
Collection place:
Republic of Transkei (historical)
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southeast Coast; Transkei; Mqanduli District; Tshomane (Murdock 50:4)
Culture or time period:
Tshomane
Collector:
Basil Holt
Collection date:
July 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Neckbands
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Neckband, accession number 5-7328, described as Neck band; flat glass beaded pendant with inverted V designs of green and blue on white background with red bead trim; suspended from two strands of green beads interspersed with some segments of red, white and blue beads; pendant 6 cm x 6 cm. Worn by young men. Native name: isigeina. Collected July 1968.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Neckband, accession number 5-7328, described as Neck band; flat glass beaded pendant with inverted V designs of green and blue on white background with red bead trim; suspended from two strands of green beads interspersed with some segments of red, white and blue beads; pendant 6 cm x 6 cm. Worn by young men. Native name: isigeina. Collected July 1968.

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