View 1948.2652 B - Container (view 2)

Accession numbers

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA using MAA materials, 2012: Cat ID: 109515; ID NO: 1948.2652 A - B]

Attributions and conjectures

[Source - MAA, 2012:
Names: Container - MAA (15/01/1999) Gourd - MAA (15/01/1999) Stopper - MAA (15/01/1999)
Classified:
Keyword: Containers; Narcotics and Intoxicants
Material: Plant; Bead; Glass; Metal; Brass
Descriptions: A: Snuff box made from a gourd, covered with a network of green, pink, black and white beads. Stopper in position attached to string of beads.
B: Similar snuff box to A but covered with coat of bead work arranged in panels. These snuff boxes are used by Zulus - MAA (15/01/1999)
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Cultural Group: ?Zulu
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Source: Wootton-Isaacson, Frederick F.J.; Beaumont, Violet (donor)
Source Date:
Place: Africa; Southern Africa; South Africa - MAA (15/01/1999)
Africa; Southern Africa; South Africa; ?Southern Natal; ?Eastern Cape - Rachel Hand (23/11/2012)
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Contexts:
Source: Formerly owned by F. Wooton-Isaacson esq. Given to Museum by Violet, Lady Beaumont - MAA (15/01/1999). MAA catalogue cards generally misspell Wootton-Isaacson's name. His sister, Lady Violet Beaumont, gave material to the Museum, recorded in the 1848 Annual Report as 'ethnological specimens Pacific Islands, India, China, Japan, and Africa', and also the (Fitzwilliam Museum) in 1948, presumably after his death - Rachel Hand (22/11/2012) B: The combination of colours (especially the 'vaseline yellow'), are more commonly attributed to groups from the Southern Natal/ Eastern Cape, such as the Bhaca, rather then the Zulu further north. L... - Rachel Hand (23/11/2012)
Updated: 08/05/2014
Created: 15/01/1999]