Choker
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified Zulu or Southern Nguni artist
Medium
Beads, leather
Geography
South Africa
Date
Collected before 1903
Dimensions
33.4 x 3.5 cm
Object number
918.52.84
Credit Line
Gift of Trinity College; Tregarthen Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Global Africa
Description
Black and white bead woven choker with a clasp made of 3 metal hooks. The choker band is woven in a stripe motif. Three long strings attached to each end of the choker would form a long back pendant decoration. Part of a collection donated in 1909 to the University of Toronto by W.C. Tregarthen.
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