Belt

Item

Title

Belt

Creator

Unrecorded

Description

Physical Description: Plant fibre belt. The outer surface is covered with open design in pink, white, red, blue and yellow beadwork, with an outer margin of larger white beads. There are six brass studs in the centre of the belt and five brass studs at each end. The belt ties together with strings attached to each end.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

Pre 1910

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Whole: 660.4 mm

Glass; Plant fibre; Brass; Metal

Beadwork

Identifier

R3916/1

Source

Donated to Brighton Museum by Wlliam S Proctor in 1935. A note in the accession register reads:'Asked for further information, Mr Proctor replied, 9th Sept 1935: "A brother of mine, who has lived in South Africa for some years, gave me the beadwork when I was out there in 1912. He told me it had come from Bechuanaland, and that it had come into his possession, as far as I can recollect, about 1910."'

Mr Proctor

Harrismith, Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

1912