Beaded neck ornament

Museum number:
5-9942
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2440
Description:
Headband-crown; beadwork on fiber; red, orange and blue beads at clasp; length: 48 cm.
Donor:
Florence M. Frost
Collection place:
Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Union of S. Africa; Zulu
Culture or time period:
Zulu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects) and Headbands (headgear)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
From young just married bride; white band meant she going to be a good daughter-in-law.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Materials, techniques: beadwork on fiber
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beaded neck ornament, accession number 5-9942, described as Headband-crown; beadwork on fiber; red, orange and blue beads at clasp; length: 48 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beaded neck ornament, accession number 5-9942, described as Headband-crown; beadwork on fiber; red, orange and blue beads at clasp; length: 48 cm.

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