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Anklet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3595/25

Strand of pink beads with a gold-coloured button on one end. Extending from the pink strand are four beaded squares composed of blue and black horizontal stripes. These squares are bordered by white beads along the left and right edges. Three of the squares have varying amounts of red beads on the bottom edge. One square has a single green bead among the other red beads.

  • Narrative

    Donated by Mrs Dawson-Thomas to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 1958; sent on longterm loan to the Kelowna Museum (now the Okanagan Heritage Museum) in 1998, then deaccessioned and transferred to them in 2002. The donor recorded the beadword as collected 1850-1870.

  • Type of Item anklet
  • Culture Zulu
  • Material skin, glass, fibre, metal
  • Measurements height 4.8 cm, width 23.6 cm, depth 1.0 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Okanagan Heritage Museum
  • Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum
  • Made in South Africa
  • Ownership Date before September 14, 2022
  • Acquisition Date on September 14, 2022
  • Item Classes beadwork
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3595/0025

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