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Bead embroidery

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Comment by Nzila M. Mubusisi (National Museum of Namibia): Glass beads are/were usually sewn onto leather in Namibia, but not in South Africa (Xhosa).Note S.L.: It is possible that this bead band, like the previous nos. 1341 to 1346, was made by Dr Carl Höpfner, although he is not named as the donor/collector in the inv. book at V 1347.It is possible that the bead bands from the Höpfner collection were made in South Africa and were either acquired there by Höpfner while travelling to/from Europe or in Angra Pequena by sailors on ships coming from South Africa.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Clothing
Dimensions
W: 42 cm, H: 1 cm (without ties)
Material/Technique
Leather/glass
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
Inventory number
RPM_V 1347

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late 19th/early 20th century
  • Change of legal title:
    Unknown type of acquisition
    where
    According to the inv. book "S. W. Afrika "Africa, southern Africa, probably Namibia
    who
    unbekannt - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Access
    when
    Not clarified
    where
    Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim
    who
    Not clarified
Secondary literature
Kinahan, Jill, "Cattle for beads: The archaeology of historical contact and trade on the Namib Coast", Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2000

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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