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[ Source of title : Chloe Rushovich for FHYA using material provided by Justine Wintjes and Chiara Singh using the KZNM PastPerfect database, Object Name field, selected from Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging ]

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00029B

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Transcription of entry in Accession Register (Ethnology Book 1) under no.29 [Source - Chiara Singh for FHYA, 2021: All text handwritten by F. W. Fitzsimons unless otherwise specified. Direct quotes are indicated in quote marks, with additions indicated in square brackets: "do" [meaning 'ditto' (= same as entry 25: "Native pillow")]; LOCALITY: "do" [meaning 'ditto' (= same as entry 25: "Natal")]; SOURCE AND DATE: "do" [meaning 'ditto' (= same as entry 25: "Presented")]. Other inscriptions: "19" [Meaning unknown]; "C" [Meaning unknown]; Red tick [Relates to an audit conducted on the collection between 1958 and 1961].]

Object description [Source - Chiara Singh for FHYA, 2021: 1 headrest : material: wood ; technique: woodwork ; colour: natural (brown, with blackening, probably by burning/smoking) ; rectangular (Note: M-shaped support with checkerboard pattern, triangle motifs on the platform and parallel stripes on the base, carved in shallow relief) ; dimensions: 15cm (H) x 24.5cm (W) x 6cm (D)]

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Event Actor Event Type Event Date Event Description
Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) Online curation 2021 - Justine Wintjes digitised this material on behalf of the FHYA
KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) Custody 1880 - 1904 - Presented to the Natal Society between c.1880 and 1903 or the Natal Government Museum (which later became the KwaZulu-Natal Museum) in 1903 - 1904. Frederick W. Fitzsimons accessioned this material. He worked as curator for the Natal Society and its successor the Natal Government Museum from 1896 to 1906.
No attribution Collection [18-?]
No attribution Making [18-?]
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