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FHYA curation of a selection from the Anthropological Collection at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) Image With digital objects
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Specimen

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Scale insect used for making the black wax-like ring of the (Isicoco[underlined]). The scale insects are pressed into a ball + heated on a pan over a fire mixed with sap from (Um-Bodiya[underlined]) roots (a small plant by rivers). The scale insect occurs on the shrub (Upandhlazi[underlined] or Umzungulu[underlined]) (Dalbergia obovata (?). Sticky base (Ungiyane[underlined])".]

Ornament (view 3)

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): 518 (A-D): "Beadwork ornaments. Zulu name Ulimi. Suspended from the neck and worn over the chest." Justine Wintjes (03/12/2019): The set originally comprised four items; 518B is absent from the latest verification lists.]

Ornament (view 2)

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): 518 (A-D): "Beadwork ornaments. Zulu name Ulimi. Suspended from the neck and worn over the chest." Justine Wintjes (03/12/2019): The set originally comprised four items; 518B is absent from the latest verification lists.]

Ornament

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): 518 (A-D): "Beadwork ornaments. Zulu name Ulimi. Suspended from the neck and worn over the chest." Justine Wintjes (03/12/2019): The set originally comprised four items; 518B is absent from the latest verification lists.]

Necklet (view 4)

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 616: "Zulu necklet (ulimi)". Next to this Accession is written: "Moved from Nos 48/49 - 3 specimens": Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 48: "Native bead necklet of various patterns". Next to this listing is written: "Cancelled see Nos 616 & 690". Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 49: "Native bead anklet". So Accession Numbers 48, 49, 616 and 690 are entangled in some way (see notes). Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 690: "Zulu necklaces constituting a letter. Zulu name Umampapeni. - not in dictionary [later addition in a different handwriting]. (The idea of the cross was attained from the Red Cross on hospital trains and wagons.)."]

Necklet (view 3)

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 616: "Zulu necklet (ulimi)". Next to this Accession is written: "Moved from Nos 48/49 - 3 specimens": Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 48: "Native bead necklet of various patterns". Next to this listing is written: "Cancelled see Nos 616 & 690". Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 49: "Native bead anklet". So Accession Numbers 48, 49, 616 and 690 are entangled in some way (see notes). Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 690: "Zulu necklaces constituting a letter. Zulu name Umampapeni. - not in dictionary [later addition in a different handwriting]. (The idea of the cross was attained from the Red Cross on hospital trains and wagons.)."]

Necklet (view 3)

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 616: "Zulu necklet (ulimi)". Next to this Accession is written: "Moved from Nos 48/49 - 3 specimens": Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 48: "Native bead necklet of various patterns". Next to this listing is written: "Cancelled see Nos 616 & 690". Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 49: "Native bead anklet". So Accession Numbers 48, 49, 616 and 690 are entangled in some way (see notes). Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 690: "Zulu necklaces constituting a letter. Zulu name Umampapeni. - not in dictionary [later addition in a different handwriting]. (The idea of the cross was attained from the Red Cross on hospital trains and wagons.)."]

Necklet (view 2)

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 616: "Zulu necklet (ulimi)". Next to this Accession is written: "Moved from Nos 48/49 - 3 specimens": Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 48: "Native bead necklet of various patterns". Next to this listing is written: "Cancelled see Nos 616 & 690". Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 49: "Native bead anklet". So Accession Numbers 48, 49, 616 and 690 are entangled in some way (see notes). Entry in the Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1) for Accession 690: "Zulu necklaces constituting a letter. Zulu name Umampapeni. - not in dictionary [later addition in a different handwriting]. (The idea of the cross was attained from the Red Cross on hospital trains and wagons.)."]

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