Belt "Umutsha"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Apr 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1897 to 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Frank Abbott
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Helen A. Taylor
notes: label: Notes
content: FOUR ROLLED TUBES OF FABRIC, 3/4 BEADED IN BANDS WITH RED, WHITE, BLACK, & GREEN GLASS BEADS. SEWN TOGETHER TO FORM BELT, FASTENING WITH BRASS CONICAL BUTTONS. BEADS MISSING WHEN RECEIVED. IMITSHA (PLURAL OF UMUTSHA) ARE WORN BY BOTH MEN & WOMEN. "A MAN MIGHT WEAR IT AFTER RECEIVING IT AS A GIFT FROM A MAIDEN & TIE IT AROUND HIS WAIST. A WOMAN, WHETHER MARRIED OR NOT, WHEN WEARING IT AS PART OF GALA DRESS, PLACES IT LOWER DOWN SO AS TO HAVE IT PASS BEHIND HER BACK JUST BELOW THE BUTTOCKS." SCHOEMAN, M.S. "A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TRADITIONAL BEADWORK...", AFRICA STUDIES 27: 51-81, 107-133.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Zulu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 349800
label: USNM Number
content: E422212-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 76 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4 cm