Shoulder girdle, object missing in museum

Shoulder girdle, object missing in museum

[ Source of title : FHYA using KZNM materials ]

Textual record

2008

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KZNM metadata

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2016, using KwaZulu Natal Museum Catalogue Card:
Cultural Affinity: Lala
Provenance: Natal
Function: worn across the shoulder - a snuff box is carried in the beaded pouch
Raw materials: Cotton core, brass buttons, fabric lining for pouch, ?fibre thread. Beads - blue, white, red, black, yellow, pink
Method Obtained: Purch. Father Mayr 1912]

Additional information

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum object detail catalogue material:
Collection: Anthropology
Old #: 2008
Accession #: 02008
Othername: Snuffbox carrier; Zulu name see description
Received as: Purchase
Received date: 1912
Catalogued by: Ruth Meanwell
Source: Franz Mayr
Description: Accessions Register (photocopy version of Ethnology Book 2): "Ama-Lala Beadwork shoulder-girdle with pouch for holding snuff-box. native name - isi Kwama se dhlelo [later modifed to isi Khwama se dlelo"] nom Gongolozi". Later annotations in a different handwriting: "(um-imi- -gongqolozi = thick cable; long roll shaped object)".
People: Mayr, Franz
Material: Cat. Card: cotton...brass...fabric...thread. Beads:blue/wh/red/blacky/pink
Provenance: 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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Shoulder girdle, object missing in museum