Beaded shell ornament

Museum number:
5-1538
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001538
Accession number:
Acc.1308
Description:
Beaded Neck ornament, white, yellow, green, blue and 7 cowrie, 122" 309.88cm 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
Materials:
Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beaded shell ornament, accession number 5-1538, described as Beaded Neck ornament, white, yellow, green, blue and 7 cowrie, 122" 309.88cm circumference Made during pre-Boer war period.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beaded shell ornament, accession number 5-1538, described as Beaded Neck ornament, white, yellow, green, blue and 7 cowrie, 122" 309.88cm circumference Made during pre-Boer war period.

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