Neckband

Museum number:
5-7326
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2423
Description:
neckband; flat rectangular beaded pendant of vertical columns of varicolored glass beads fringed on the bottom with same and decorated with mother of pearl buttons in each corner; suspended from twisted strands of blue and white glass beads; pendant ca. 9 x 13 cm.
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
Materials:
Glass (material) and Pearl (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Neckbands
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
worn by young man
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters and length 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Neckband, accession number 5-7326, described as neckband; flat rectangular beaded pendant of vertical columns of varicolored glass beads fringed on the bottom with same and decorated with mother of pearl buttons in each corner; suspended from twisted strands of blue and white glass beads; pendant ca. 9 x 13 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Neckband, accession number 5-7326, described as neckband; flat rectangular beaded pendant of vertical columns of varicolored glass beads fringed on the bottom with same and decorated with mother of pearl buttons in each corner; suspended from twisted strands of blue and white glass beads; pendant ca. 9 x 13 cm.

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