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Necklace

MOA: University of British Columbia

3595/27

Beaded choker-style necklace with a leather cord covered in two rows of pink beads. Twelve beaded squares extend downward from the cord. The squares are composed of alternating rows of two horizontal lines of white, black, and green beads. All the squares have two horizontal lines of red beads at the bottom. There is a white button on one end of the cord and two threads (broken loop ?) on the other.

  • 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 necklace
  • Culture Zulu
  • Material skin, glass, fibre
  • Measurements height 3.7 cm, width 37.5 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 good
  • Accession Number 3595/0027

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