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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 : 87 cm, H: 5,2 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
Inventory number
RPM_V 1346
Related object(s)
is part of : Geschenke-Konvolut Höpfners aus dem Jahre 1884

Provenance and sources

when
before 1884

where
According to inv. book: "Sd. Africa" Africa, southern Africa, according to the report of the Hildesheim Museum Association Angra Pequena (Lüderitz Bay), Namibia
who
unbekannt - Former Possessors
Description
Note S.L.: It is possible that this bead band and the other bead bands from the Höpfner Collection were made in South Africa and were either acquired by Höpfner there while travelling to/from Europe or in Angra Pequena by sailors on ships coming from South Africa.

when
1884
where
Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim
who
Dr. Carl Höpfner

Description
Exhibited in the special exhibition "Fashionable heavyweights from Namibia", RPM, 11 February 2020 to 31 January 2021
Secondary literature
Bericht "Verein für Kunde der Natur und der Kunst im Fürstenthume Hildesheim und in der Stadt Goslar", Zeitraum 01.01.1883-01.01.1886, Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1886, S. 10, S. 36, dort unter Geschenken 1884: Höpfner, Dr., Afrikareisender, „Bogen und Pfeile mit eisernen Spitzen und Federn, eiserne Armspangen, Lanzenspitze, Dolch, Wurfkeule, Perlenstickereien, ein Gefäß von Holz, Kürbisflasche, Beutel und Tuch von buntem baumwollenen Stoff, sämmtlich von Angra Pequena“ 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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