- Title
- Ithumbu
- Description
- Ithumbu wide collar neckband is loosely woven and adorned with two bands of pink beads and one band of turquoise blue beads which is edged with navy beads. The entire artefact is edged in white "amaso" beads. This design is closely linked to abaThembu subcultural group of Tyhalarha village near Bumbane Administrative area, where the abaThembu Great House is situated. The neckband was specifically created for elderly men, as indicated by the dominance of pink beads, which are associated with old age among the abaThembu.
- Description
- Purchased from Mrs Joan Broster
- Description
- Forms part of: Walter Sisulu University Beadwork Collection
- Date
- 1966-07-01, 2024-10-23
- Subject
- Beadwork
- Subject
- Ithumbu/ Ingqoaha (Wide collar Neckband) labaThembu
- Type
- personal adornment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/11756
- Identifier
- vital:76003
- Format
- image/jpeg, digital, JPG file, color
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Beadwork Pocelain, glass beads, pearl buttons and cotton string Original is in good condition Walter Sisulu University
- Rights
- Use is limited to online viewing, Physical item and JPG file is available on request for research purposes via zmadyibi@wsu.ac.za, Walter Sisulu University
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| View Details | WATERMARK-SOURCE1 | Ithumbu2.JPG | 4 MB | JPEG Image | View Details |