Shawl Pins; Pins; Sekôpêlô; Kgokêlô
Item
Title
Shawl Pins; Pins; Sekôpêlô; Kgokêlô
Creator
Unrecorded
Description
Physical Description: Four metal pins made from twisted iron with small triangular heads.
Contextual Description: sekopelo-a pin that can be closed. Kgokelo (something that holds things together) this is the right word these type of pins. TS comments
Contextual Description: 01:47:14 [TN mimes using a cloak pin]SL: He remembers this as the first, before the introduction of a safety pin that’s what they would use, and now the funny thing is that the safety pin when it was introduced was given the name that was used to describe this. Transcription by KL of MAC_BB_20190817_RPM3 SL Interview with Tshupo Ntono, Village Elder, Language: Setswana with English translations by SL, 2019
Contextual Description: WT 23:38
but what kind of shawl now is it a shawl that we know today when they go to weddings to kind of keep the cloak?
SL 23:45
maybe its a leather one.
WT 24:41
people would not have a problem with that cos they know it's a traditional kind of sekopelo.
SL 24:49
Let's try this the term that was I think in use before the introduction of the safety pin. Kgokelo [WT: All I'm trying to say again] because I think I'd like to believe that this Kgokelo thing was used before even though some people are using it in descriptive of...safety pins
WT 25:17
what I'm trying to say Gase is that I don't have a problem with the term Kgokelo
GK 25:20
They will see that traditionally this is the kind of pin that people used...you can always put this with a modern Kgokelo for people to see...
SL 25:35
sekopelo. Kgokelo. All right.
WT 25:41
So for young kids to appreciate what Kgokelo really is.
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.
but what kind of shawl now is it a shawl that we know today when they go to weddings to kind of keep the cloak?
SL 23:45
maybe its a leather one.
WT 24:41
people would not have a problem with that cos they know it's a traditional kind of sekopelo.
SL 24:49
Let's try this the term that was I think in use before the introduction of the safety pin. Kgokelo [WT: All I'm trying to say again] because I think I'd like to believe that this Kgokelo thing was used before even though some people are using it in descriptive of...safety pins
WT 25:17
what I'm trying to say Gase is that I don't have a problem with the term Kgokelo
GK 25:20
They will see that traditionally this is the kind of pin that people used...you can always put this with a modern Kgokelo for people to see...
SL 25:35
sekopelo. Kgokelo. All right.
WT 25:41
So for young kids to appreciate what Kgokelo really is.
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: 165.1 mm x 6 mm
Iron; Metal
Identifier
R4007/42
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