Object Listing

Brass ring

Flat brass ring

Strands of white beads threaded through amulets of plant material

Strands of white beads threaded through amulets of plant material

Bunch of metal bangles

Bunches of metal bracelets

Two bunches of metal bangles

Metal bangles

Short sleeved textile shirt with rickrack decoration and a yellow zip in the front.

Carved wooden figure of an initiate. She has straight columnar legs painted white at the bottom and no arms, large breasts and a large head. Her hair is in the bicycle seat style and she has a band of string ties around her head with a few beads strung onto it. The eyes are painted white and brows black. She has two bent nails in each ear with a ring through one. She has three beaded loops around her neck and a black and white necklace. In the front she wears a thetho (front skirt) and at the back an ntepana (triangular back skirt) with the bottom broken off. Both are decorated with beadwork. .

Dark rectangle of cloth with printed floral designs divided into three sections - two narrow at top and bottom and a wider one in the centre - by horizontal lines of orange beads. In the top left hand corner the word MRS" is beaded. From the top horizontal line three beaded panels are suspended One with xisyaphi design, the middle with nyleti/star design and the right hand panel with mhangele/guinea fowl. Beneath this are 4 circles picked out with small gold safety pins. Beneath this are 4 beaded radiating stars and a row of zigzags created with safety pins.. Along the bottom is a row of point to point triangles within Xs.

Long narrow panel of beadwork with fringes along its top and bottom horizontal edges. It is beaded with a triangular patters and has small metal coins attached along the top and bottom edges.

Large basket with geometric triangular and diamond designs. Four large triangular motifs surround the widest sections. Inside the centre of each is a rectangle with two anthropomorphic figures that overlap outside of the rectangles edge.

Large standing figure made of textile with unknown core. She wears a pleated skirt, flared hat, shoes, leg bands, large round earplugs and has arms. She is decorated with numerous pieces of beadwork.

Large standing figure made of textile with unknown core. She wears a pleated skirt, shoes and leg bands. She has arms and is decorated with numerous pieces of beadwork. Her hairdo/headgear is bifurcated into two sections with a flat rolled element in the middle of her head its narrow side pointing forward.

Large standing figure made of textile with unknown core. She wears a pleated skirt, shoes and leg bands. She has arms and is decorated with numerous pieces of beadwork. Her hairdo/headgear consists of two flat rolled elements on her head with their narrow sides pointing forward. Pinned onto her front is a beaded AIDS panel and her shoes have "SHARP SHARP" written on then at the back..

Cone shaped woven hat with loops at pinnacle

Sleeved dress made from brown shweshwe fabric

Cloth head wrap inside hat?

Bangle made from plastic and metal wire bound rings bound together by strips of metal

Bangle made from plastic and metal wire bound rings bound together by strips of metal

Flat circle of plastic beads

Loops of orange beads joined with large white bead at its top and with two white cone shapes on each of the other ends

Rectangle of brightly coloured and patterned cloth. Patterns are linear and run across each other along a vertical and horizontal grid-like system. Some of the pattern is achieved with stitched-on applique strips - others through embroidery and also by the pattern of the cloth showing through. Two sets of 4 tassels each project beyond the edge of the textile - these are used to tie the wrap around the body.

Rectangle of brightly coloured and patterned cloth. Patterns are linear and run across each other along a vertical and horizontal grid-like system. Some of the pattern is achieved with stitched-on applique strips - others through embroidery and also by the pattern of the cloth showing through. Two sets of 4 tassels each project beyond the edge of the textile - these are used to tie the wrap around the body.

cloth wraps for head