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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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00046E
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Transcription of entry in Accession Register (Ethnology Book 1) under no.46 [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: "Married womens waist-belts. isi-Bamba"; LOCALITY: "do" [meaning 'ditto' (= same as entry 43: "Natal")]; SOURCE AND DATE: "Purchased". Other inscriptions: "19" [Meaning unknown]; 7/e/1" [Geographic area/community as per the category indicated on the Catalogue Card, which corresponds with "Natal / General"]; Red tick [Relates to an audit conducted on the collection between 1958 and 1961].]
Object description [Source - Chiara Singh for FHYA, 2021: 1 belt : material: grass, glass (beads), metal (stud) ; technique: weaving, beadwork ; colour: grass - natural, glass beads - red-on-white (translucent)/yellow green (translucent)/white/dark blue/pink ; belt-shaped (Note: strip of woven grass with rounded ends, in the middle is a square blue/white/red/yellow beadwork patch with single brass stud, and at either end a semi-circular white/blue/red/pink beadwork patch (checkered pattern) extending into two short white/blue/red/yellow beaded strands) ; dimensions: 64cm (L) x 2.5cm (W) x 0.5cm (D) (stiff part of belt only, without extensions)]
| 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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