Bead embroidery
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Bead embroidery
Cultural attribution according to the inv. book "Kaffern". The beads are not embroidered on a background, but the band is woven. Commentary by Nzila M. Mubusisi (National Museum of Namibia): Glass beads are/were usually sewn onto leather in Namibia, but not in South Africa (Xhosa).
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Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim gGmbH
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Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Clothing
Dimensions
B: 17 cm, H: 2,5 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
Inventory number
RPM_V 1341
Provenance and sources
when
Late 19th/early 20th century
where
According to the inv. book "S. W. Afrika"
Africa, southern Africa, Namibia?
who
unbekannt - Former Possessors
Description
This pearl band and V 1342 could come from the Carl Höpfner collection, but are not assigned to him in the inventory book.
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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