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LOT 2258
Zulu Woman's Glass Bead Necklace Collar
20TH CENTURY A.D.
15 in. (185 grams, 38 cm).
Multistrand necklace composed of red, green, white, black and blue beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Northern Zululand, South Africa, 1999.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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LOT 2258
Zulu Woman's Glass Bead Necklace Collar
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Zulu Woman's 'Izimpondo' Medical Cow Horns and Photograph of an Unknown Zulu, a descendant of the Owner, Holding Them
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Zulu Woman's Glass Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A netted necklace formed of small green, pink, black, red, blue and white beads. 128 grams, 95 cm
Collected 10 km South-West of Isandlwana, Zululand, South Africa, 2003. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Zulu Man's Glass Bead Snuff Bottle Necklace
20th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A four-strand bead necklace composed of green, black and red beads with brass studs, the pendant a small glass snuff bottle in beadwork. 92 grams, 60 cm
Collected Zululand, South Africa, 2003. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
