Necklace; Ornament

Item

Title

Necklace; Ornament

Creator

Unrecorded

Subject

Beadwork; Body Adornment

Description

Physical Description: Long beaded neckalce made from strings of coloured glass seed beads and seeds, with tassel and round leather pendant decorated mainly with red seeds on one side.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

Pre 1895

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Whole: 570 mm x 53 mm x 15 mm

Wood; Glass; Seeds; Leather

Identifier

R4096/1

Source

Collection donated to Brighton Museum by William Barling of 46 Riley Road, Brighton, 'late of the Bechuanaland Border Police' in September 1936 .Accession register description reads: 'Worn by the wild bushmen of Ngamiland, Bechuanaland, about 1895'. Catherine Elliott suggested that these items are more consistent with South Sotho manufacture and should be reassessed as they may not be from Bechuanaland (see Researchers Notes).

William Barling

Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa

1895