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[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Scale insect used for making the black wax-like ring of the (Isicoco[underlined]). The scale insects are pressed into a ball + heated on a pan over a fire mixed with sap from (Um-Bodiya[underlined]) roots (a small plant by rivers). The scale insect occurs on the shrub (Upandhlazi[underlined] or Umzungulu[underlined]) (Dalbergia obovata (?). Sticky base (Ungiyane[underlined])".]
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KZNM metadata [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2016, using KwaZulu Natal Museum Catalogue Card: Provenance: Natal Function: need for work to make head ring (isicoco) Raw materials: Scale insect on stick Comments: The insects are pressed into a ball and heated in a pan mixed with sap from roots of the umbodiya, a small plant found near rivers. The scale (pto)...]
Additional information [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum object detail catalogue material: Collection: Anthropology Accession #: 00585 Othername: Material for manufacture of isicoco Received as: Presented Received date: 1906 Catalogued by: Jeremiah Cullingworth Source: Franz Mayr Description: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Scale insect used for making the black wax-like ring of the (Isicoco[underlined]). The scale insects are pressed into a ball + heated on a pan over a fire mixed with sap from (Um-Bodiya[underlined]) roots (a small plant by rivers). The scale insect occurs on the shrub (Upandhlazi[underlined] or Umzungulu[underlined]) (Dalbergia obovata (?). Sticky base (Ungiyane[underlined])". People: Mayr, Franz Material: scale insect Provenance: Natal]
| Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) | Online curation | 2017 - | Digital image by Rosemary Lombard |
| KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) | Custody | 1906 - | Presented to the museum by Father Franz Mayr in 1906 |
| Reverend Father Franz Mayr | Collection | [18-?] | |
| No attribution | Making | YYYY |
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