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FHYA curation of a selection from the Anthropological Collection at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum With digital objects
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Specimen

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Scale insect used for making the black wax-like ring of the (Isicoco[underlined]). The scale insects are pressed into a ball + heated on a pan over a fire mixed with sap from (Um-Bodiya[underlined]) roots (a small plant by rivers). The scale insect occurs on the shrub (Upandhlazi[underlined] or Umzungulu[underlined]) (Dalbergia obovata (?). Sticky base (Ungiyane[underlined])".]

Shoulder girdle, object missing in museum

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (photocopy version of Ethnology Book 2): "Ama-Lala Beadwork shoulder-girdle
with pouch for holding snuff-box. native name - isi Kwama se dhlelo [later modifed to isi Khwama sedlelo"] nom Gongolozi". Later annotations in a different handwriting: "(um-imi- -gongqolozi = thick cable; long roll shaped object)".]

Ornament, object missing in museum

  • [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2019, using KZNM material: Placeholder for missing museum object. Remarks from Accession record states that it was written off in June 1964.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Coloured wool head ornament." Comprises 2 items (33A, 33B).]

Ornament, object missing in museum

  • [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2019, using KZNM material: Placeholder for missing museum object. Remarks from Accession record states that it was written off in June 1964.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Coloured wool head ornament." Comprises 2 items (33A, 33B).]

Ornament (view 3)

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): 518 (A-D): "Beadwork ornaments. Zulu name Ulimi. Suspended from the neck and worn over the chest." Justine Wintjes (03/12/2019): The set originally comprised four items; 518B is absent from the latest verification lists.]

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