ulimi

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Necklace with snuffbox

Necklace, so-called "ulimi" (Zulu term for tongue), made of green, white and red glass beads. The pendant is a wide beaded band with a zigzag pattern and a walnut walnut, which is braided with beads. The walnut is attached to the necklace attached to the necklace with its own smaller chain and has a hole on the has a hole on the underside. According to the inventory, it served as a snuffbox. The object was donated to the museum as part of a collection given to the Gewerbemuseum by Max Hößle in 1923. It was created by Ulrich Hößle around 1880 in South Africa, in the area of Pietermaritzburg, today's province of KwaZulu-Natal. At the time, the area belonged to the British colony of Natal.

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Object type
necklaces
Dimensions
L 47.0 cm, W 4.5 cm
Material/Technique
Glass, plant fibre; knotted
Current location
Museum Ulm
Inventory number
1923.5242e

Provenance and sources

when
1880 (?)
where
KwaZulu-Natal
who
Zulu people
who
Ulrich Hößle
Description
Collected by Ulrich Hößle in South Africa in 1880; 1923 by the Hößle and Hettich families to the Gewerbemuseum Ulm as a loan. on loan

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