Bracelet; Lesêka
Item
Title
Bracelet; Lesêka
Creator
Unrecorded
Description
Physical Description: One of a pair of arm ornaments made of coils of twisted wire, with one section each of brass,copper and iron wire.
Contextual Description: JM 15:03Can you get this kind of copper wire easily? Yeah.
SL 15:06
Today's ... he could strip it from... exactly
WT 15:13
but they do
SL 15:15
yeah because he wants to go and sell it but now like if we have during our time it was...we waited for the family's transistor radio to break down. That's where you get it
WT 15:30
It breaks down but now they'll just go to
SL 15:33
whereas no doubt today even if the transistor radio breaks down you don't get any copper wires inside because they changed everything is like a little flat thing and digital based piece piece instead of using wires.
The above notes are from a transcription by Kathleen Lawther of a discussion between Gase Kediseng, JoAnn McGregor, Nicola Stylianou, Scobie Lekhuthile and Winani Thebele which took place at the Khama III Memorial Museum on the 5th of August 2019. To listen to the full recording please follow the link below.
SL 15:06
Today's ... he could strip it from... exactly
WT 15:13
but they do
SL 15:15
yeah because he wants to go and sell it but now like if we have during our time it was...we waited for the family's transistor radio to break down. That's where you get it
WT 15:30
It breaks down but now they'll just go to
SL 15:33
whereas no doubt today even if the transistor radio breaks down you don't get any copper wires inside because they changed everything is like a little flat thing and digital based piece piece instead of using wires.
The above notes are from a transcription by Kathleen Lawther of a discussion between Gase Kediseng, JoAnn McGregor, Nicola Stylianou, Scobie Lekhuthile and Winani Thebele which took place at the Khama III Memorial Museum on the 5th of August 2019. To listen to the full recording please follow the link below.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
Pre 1899
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Whole: 75 mm x 73 mm x 7 mm
Identifier
R4007/33/1
Source
Collected by Reverend William Charles Willoughby, a Christian missionary, in what was then the Bechuanaland Protectorate (1885-1966). It is now the Republic of Botswana, having gained independence from Britain in 1966.
From 1889-92 Willoughby was pastor at Union Street Church, Brighton (now The Font pub). From 1893 to 1898 he worked for the London Missionary Society in Bechuanaland. He assembled this collection of objects during this period. This was a period of social and technological changes and these objects represent traditional lifestyles and skills, rather than the contemporary lives of the people Willoughby met.
Willoughby's collection was loaned to Brighton Museum in 1899 when he returned to the UK. The loan was converted into a donation in 1936, and accessioned as acquisition R4007.
Some objects were re-numbered with the WA (World Art) numbering system in the 2000s. These numbers have been reverted to the original R4007/... numbers where possible for consistency in 2019.
From 1889-92 Willoughby was pastor at Union Street Church, Brighton (now The Font pub). From 1893 to 1898 he worked for the London Missionary Society in Bechuanaland. He assembled this collection of objects during this period. This was a period of social and technological changes and these objects represent traditional lifestyles and skills, rather than the contemporary lives of the people Willoughby met.
Willoughby's collection was loaned to Brighton Museum in 1899 when he returned to the UK. The loan was converted into a donation in 1936, and accessioned as acquisition R4007.
Some objects were re-numbered with the WA (World Art) numbering system in the 2000s. These numbers have been reverted to the original R4007/... numbers where possible for consistency in 2019.
William Charles Willoughby
Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
1893-1898
Space/Place
Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
Cultural Group: Tswana
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International