headring

A headring made of cane. There are engraved and patterned circles of mother of pearl and thread. Worn by older men.

Label: one Wellcome Collection label and one price label.

(I am not familiar with this type of headring and am not certain that it is Zulu (or Nguni), as the present cataloguing suggests. The Zulu headring (isicoco) is usually constructed in a similar fashion as outlined in the above description, but without the addition of mother-of-pearl discs (buttons?). I would like better images or to see this object first hand. CE.)

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn154
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 198 mm x 202 mm x 28 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cane; mother of pearl; plant fibre; resin; copper alloy; wax
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Africa > South Africa - prestige
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