File:Leitlhô la tlou (R4007-27).png
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Necklace made from a length of leather strap threaded with large hexagonal dark blue beads and four large 'elephant eye' ornaments.
Summary
[edit]anonymous: Necklace or Charm
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Necklace or Charm |
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| Description |
English: Necklace made from a length of leather strap threaded with large hexagonal dark blue beads and four large 'elephant eye' ornaments. These ornaments are made from discs of elephant hide decorated on the top surface with seven circles of red beads and six of white beads stitched onto the hide. The stitching is visible on the reverse. This woman's necklace was also worn as a charm by elephant hunters.
Setswana: Leitlhô la tlou |
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| Date | 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | leather; glass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 390 mm x 70 mm x 32 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
R4007/27 |
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| Object history | Collected by Reverend William Charles Willoughby, a Christian missionary, in what was then the Bechuanaland Protectorate (1885-1966). It is now the Republic of Botswana, having gained independence from Britain in 1966. From 1889-92 Willoughby was pastor at Union Chapel, Brighton and Hove Brighton (now The Font pub). From 1893 to 1898 he worked for the London Missionary Society in Bechuanaland Protectorate. He assembled this collection of objects during this period. This was a period of social and technological changes and these objects represent traditional lifestyles and skills, rather than the contemporary lives of the people Willoughby met. Willoughby's collection was loaned to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in 1899 when he returned to the UK. The loan was converted into a donation in 1936, and accessioned as acquisition R4007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | This object was on display in the exhibition 'Missionary Collectors' in the James Green Gallery of World Art, from July 2004 to January 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Some objects were re-numbered with the WA (World Art) numbering system in the 2000s. These numbers have been reverted to the original R4007/... numbers where possible for consistency in 2019. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Copyright holder Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. This file has been provided by the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery from its digital collections, as part of the Making African Connections project. It is also made available on the Royal Pavilion & Museums Digital Media Bank. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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