Necklet; Necklace

Item

Title

Necklet; Necklace

Creator

Unrecorded

Description

Physical Description: Necklet consisting of triple thread of white beads twisted to form one thread. The beads are mostly white with red, blue, yellow, pink and black at top and bottom. There are four pendants consisting of short strings of white and blue beads from bottom. There is a large brass ring at the end of one of the threads. The orignal description lists three of the pendants ending in brass rings.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

Pre 1910

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Whole: 320 mm x 40 mm x 5 mm

Glass; Plant fibre; Brass; Metal

Beadwork

Identifier

R3916/12

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."'

Accession register describes three large brass rings hanging from the four pendants but only one is present in the photograph taken during the Africa review in 2013/14.

Mr Proctor

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

1912