33A Ornament, object missing in museum KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM)
237 Jabu Ndlovu Street Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 3021 Telephone: +27 33 345 1401 Fax: +27 33 345 0561 http://www.nmsa.org.za
2020-03-31 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.7.3 2026-04-23 01:40 UTC English Ornament, object missing in museum 33A 2017 - c.1900 - [18-?] YYYY KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM)
237 Jabu Ndlovu Street Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 3021 Telephone: +27 33 345 1401 Fax: +27 33 345 0561 http://www.nmsa.org.za

KZNM metadata[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2016, using KwaZulu Natal Museum Catalogue Card: Name: Ornament (2) Catalogue No. 33 A,BCard No. 7/e/1Provenance: NatalMaker/source: donFunction: head ornamentRaw Materials: wool, cloth]

Additional information [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum object detail catalogue material:Collection: AnthropologyAccession #: 00033Othername: head ornamentReceived as: UnknownCatalogued by: Frederick W. FitzsimonsSource: Franz MayrDescription: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Coloured wool head ornament."People: Mayr, FranzMaterial: Wool, clothProvenance: Accessions register: Locality: "Natal".]

Additional information [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: J. Wintjes (22/11/2019): This accession forms part of the first batch of items written into the AccessionsRegister by F. W. Fitzsimons around the time the museum officially opened in 1904. These items aren'tall dated, and if they are dated they aren't listed in chronological order of acquisition (pp.0-28 of'Ethnology Book 1'). This accession is undated and could therefore have been received into thecollection somewhere between 1890 (when Mayr arrived in Natal) and 1904. The earliest date I have sofar seen for a Mayr item in the collection is 1897.A note in a document written by Kathleen Mack (I think) in 1989, pasted at the front of the AccessionsRegister (Ethnology Book 1), indicates that the museum director Dr Warren may have given purchasingauthority to people like Mayr, who was the source of a large number of items.This Accession has been selected as part of the Mayr series by the Five-Hundred Year Archive.Accession #]

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* [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2019, using KZNM material: Placeholder for missing museum object. Remarks from Accession record states that it was written off in June 1964.]* [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Coloured wool head ornament." Comprises 2 items (33A, 33B).]

 Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) Reverend Father Franz Mayr No attribution Object Textual record

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