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Full Citation |
Material Information |
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Title: |
Small Bag |
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Physical Description: |
Antelope hide, ostrich egg-shell beads, fiber, glass beads 12 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (31.8 x 28.6 cm) |
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Creator: |
San People, 20th Century |
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Donor: |
William D. and Norma Canelas Roth ( donor ) |
Subjects |
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Subject: |
Exhibition -- Between the Beads: Reading African Beadwork |
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Spatial Coverage: |
Africa -- Botswana Africa -- Namibia Africa -- South Africa |
Notes |
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Abstract: |
The hunter-gatherers, known generically as San peoples have endured for millennia in South Africa and Namibia, although their existence is now threatened. They continue to produce ostrich egg-shell beads that resemble the oldest known beads on the continent, but in the last century have also used imported glass beads. Early San beadwork had minimal patterning, but more recent beadwork has become increasingly complex, utilizing a number of geometric motifs. Some suggested interpretations of motifs are that they are abstractions or mappings of the environment, such as animal tracks or human dwellings, to shamanistic visions. The spiral motif on this bag is called “owl.” |
Record Information |
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Bibliographic ID: |
UF00083098 |
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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: |
2006.45.11 |
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