Skirt

Skirt

[ Source of title : FHYA using KZNM materials ]

Object

44A

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KZNM metadata [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2016, using KwaZulu Natal Museum Catalogue Card: Name: Skirt Catalogue No.: 44 Card No.: 7/e/1 Provenance: Natal Function: worn by maidens Raw Materials: fibre square, beaded, material square with beads, cotton core and thread, Beads: red, white, blue, pink, yellow, green, black Comments: 6/3/90 Marilee Wood, amateur researcher, see files: 1. Note back of beaded square: an old form of construction which gave way to the bands on which beads are set - see]

Additional information [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum object detail catalogue material: Collection: Anthropology Accession #: 00044 Othername: Umutsha (loin dress) Received as: Presented Catalogued by: Frederick W. Fitzsimons Source: Franz Mayr Description: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Native maiden's skirt". Cat. Card: Raw materials: "fibre square, beaded, material square with beads, cotton core and thread, Beads: red, white, blue, pink, yellow, green, black". People: Mayr, Franz Maintenance notes: Cat. card: "March 1990 - some sewing; extensive silicone glue; cloth part attached to approximate place where previously wired". Notes: 6/3/90 Marilee Wood, amateur researcher, see files: 1. Note back of beaded square: an old form of construction which gave way to the bands on which beads are set - see the kind called izingusha; 2. note that the cloth section has been made narrower and there is a section on both ends of the band where the cloth has been torn off and a new beaded hem has been made. Undated note: between A and B 1 is incomplete Material: Cat.Card: Fibre, cotton. Beads:red/white/blue/pink/yellow/green/black Provenance: Accessions register: Locality: "Natal".]

Additional information [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: J. Wintjes (04/12/2019): This Accession has been selected as part of the Mayr series by the Five-Hundred Year Archive.]

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