Intshasa/izintshasa
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Intshasa/izintshasa
[ Source of title : FHYA using spreadsheet prepared by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS ]
Object
JAG 1997-9-28
Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Snuff-spoon comb with half-moon-shaped bowl, ovoid neck with hold in centre, round shoulder and 6 tines emerging from it. The neck and shoulder are embellished in the front with circular designs with dots in centre carved into the surface and blackened. The back has inward facing triangles around the neck and circle and dot design on the shoulder Object form type: comb; Object material type: bone, pigment; Technique: carving; Colours: Ivory, black; Dimension comment: ; Object age: late 19th to early 20th century; Production place: KwaZulu-Natal; Cultural association: Zulu; Place of use: KwaZulu-Natal; Provenance: .]
Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) | Online curation | 2022- | Digital image supplied by Nessa Leibhammer |
South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRIS) | Digitisation | c.2015 | Digital image made for The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA). Metadata compiled by JAG's ex-curator Nessa Leibhammer for the SAHRIS database |
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) | Custody | 1997- | JAG purchased this object from Mordechai Brodie |
Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust | Donation | [19-?] | |
Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust | Purchase | [19-?] | |
Udo Horstmann | Collection | [19-?] | |
No attribution | Making | YYYY |
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