Necklace
- Description
- Imitation claws are normally made out of bone rather than wood. Made by people who could not afford real animal claws (cf. examples strung with large, chunky ovoid red beads, worn by chiefs or people who are upwardly mobile). Looks like it contains giraffe hair – technique with fine beads and animal hair is likely to relate to southern area of Colony of Natal. Late 19th century. Real power claws are associated with the chief as he is a liminal figure, tapping into forces of nature and culture using both to enforce their rule.
- Accession Loan No.
- 69/1921/4
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Common Name
- necklace
- Simple Name
- necklace
- Full Name
- necklace
- Dimensions
- whole length 190 mm; whole W 122 mm
- Cultural Group
- Zulu
- Production Year High
- 1921
- Production County
- Southern regions of Colony of Natal into Cape Colony and Griqualand East (now southern KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape)
- Production Country
- South Africa
- Production Area Region
- Southern Africa
- Production Continent
- Africa
- Family Group
- Material
- ?hair; ?horn; metal
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Collection Continent
- Africa
