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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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Transcription of entry in Accession Register (Ethnology Book 1) under no.30 [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")]; REMARKS: "Treated with Woodprufe solution, September 1971"; 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) ; cylindrical (Note: platform has two head-shaped handles on either side, one of which has a spherical stoppered container as a torso, support made of five pairs of legs tapering inwards towards the bottom, incised parallel or checkered lines engraved onto the lateral surfaces of the legs) ; dimensions: 18cm (H) x 71cm (W) x 14cm (D)]
| 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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