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Full Citation |
Material Information |
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Title: |
Married Zulu Woman's Belt (isibhamba or ixhama) |
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Physical Description: |
Glass beads, cotton cloth, twine, grass 1/2 x 49 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (1.3 x 125.7 x 12.1 cm), 2002.29.3 |
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Creator: |
MaNala Dladla |
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Publication Date: |
1940s - 1960s |
Subjects |
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Subject: |
Exhibition -- Between the Beads: Reading African Beadwork |
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Spatial Coverage: |
Africa -- South Africa |
Notes |
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Abstract: |
For many Zulu and other relocated peoples of southern Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, beaded jewelry, garments, and other accessories became important markers of identity. Beadwork was a visual marker of social position, marital status, ethnic affiliation and location of the family’s homeland. Woven grass belts worn by Zulu women identify the wearer as a married woman with children. Such belts were adorned in earlier times with brass studs and then later with glass and plastic beads. This belt seems to be a cross between two types, the isibamba, a flexible belt with densely beaded strands, and an ixhama, a wider, tightly woven belt with sparser beadwork. |
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Acquisition: |
Museum purchase, funds provided by museum visitors |
Record Information |
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Bibliographic ID: |
UF00083054 |
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Volume ID: |
VID00001 |
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Source Institution: |
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art |
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Holding Location: |
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art |
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Rights Management: |
All rights reserved by the source institution and holding location. |
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Resource Identifier: |
2002.29.3 |
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