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Object Number 991-5-50/12350
Display Title Bride's stick
Descriptions
Object Description Bride's stick of wood, covered with sections of beads in white, black, red, blue, yellow and green; each color seperated from the next by a 2 cm band of black beads. White beaded strap.
Inventory Description Wooden stick, fabric covered, multi-colored beads, beaded loop at one end
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Dimensions Overall: 67.5 x 2.1 x 2.2 cm (26 9/16 x 13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12350
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)
Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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