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LOT 2244
Zulu Woman's Beaded 'Ishungu' Snuff Container Necklace and Photograph of Ms Phumzile Mandlakazi, a Descendant of the Owner, Wearing It
20TH CENTURY A.D.
22 - 23 5/8 in. (117 gram total, necklace: 56-60 cm long).
Comprising a hollowed-out seed pod attached to a bead necklace. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected in October 2003 near 'M.G. Store' in the hills of Pomeroy in the Msinga district of Zululand.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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LOT 2244
Zulu Woman's Beaded 'Ishungu' Snuff Container Necklace and Photograph of Ms Phumzile Mandlakazi, a Descendant of the Owner, Wearing It
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Zulu Woman's Glass Bead Belt
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of two strands of polychrome glass beads with brass studs. 181 grams, belt: 81 cm
Collected near Nqutu, Zululand, South Africa, 2003. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Zulu Man's Glass Bead Necklace and Anklet
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The wide anklet composed of eleven bands with small bead decoration, and the necklace composed of four strands of black beads. 150 grams total, necklace: 42 cm long, anklet: 29 cm
Collected North-West Zululand, South Africa, 2002. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Zulu Woman's 'Izimpondo' Medical Cow Horns and Photograph of an Unknown Zulu, a descendant of the Owner, Holding Them
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two hollowed-out cut horns with an opening at the narrow end. 165 grams total, cow horns: 16-22.5 cm
Collected near Mashaba, east of Pomeroy, in the Msinga district of Zululand. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
The Zulus pay a great deal of attention to intestinal medicine, purging themselves of impurities on a regular basis. These horn tips would have been used to introduce emetics via the rectum to purify them.
