Object Details
- Description
- From a single tubular waistband wrapped with black, white, and pink beads hangs a short beaded fringe and a beaded panel.
- Provenance
- This collection of Zulu beadwork was given to William F. Brodnax III of Washington D.C. and the West Indies in 1943, (when he was 12 years old) by Mrs. Percy Paris. According to Mr Brodnax, Mrs. Paris who was a friend of his grandmother's, was born in South Africa between 1880 and 1885. The beadwork had been given to Mrs. Paris by her father, who was a high-level Colonial Administrator (possibly Governor) in Natal or Cape Colony around the turn of the century. William Brodnax does not know Mrs. Paris' maiden name.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Zulu artist
- Date
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of William F. Brodnax III
- Medium
- Cloth, glass beads, plant fiber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8.8 x 27 x 23 cm (3 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
