Zulu Woman's Necklace with 'Ishungu' Snuff Container and Photograph of Ms Nonhlanhla Nene a Descendant of the Owner

20TH CENTURY A.D.

26 3/4 in. (70 grams total, Necklace: 68 cm long).

Beaded necklace composed of vibrant oblate beads, the container made from a seed pod. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Collected in December 2003 from the Ngwebeni Valley (from where the Zulu army began their assault on the British camp at Isandlwana on 22 January 1879).
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

CONDITION

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LOT 2694