Navy beaded necklace

Item

Title

Navy beaded necklace

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Neck Ornament
Ornament

Description

String of very dark navy beads, tied together on one place. According to original cataloguing information, this was worn by a Kwanyama man as a symbol of mourning for his mother who had died over the border.[FHM15/08/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Bead
Tied

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.109
A37/109

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust