Beadwork

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Four young men wearing beaded jewelry and carrying small shields and sticks, in front of a forested area

 

Caption for photograph: Heathen Dandies

Description: Early twentieth-century.

 

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2)

File 6 (KCM 91/2/6)

Sheet 35

 

 

Mrs Jessup with two married women in traditional dress, standing outside a corrugated-iron building

 

Caption for photograph: Mrs Jessup and two married women

Description: Early twentieth-century.

 

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2)

File 6 (KCM 91/2/6)

Sheet 31

 

 

Muckleneuk house, Berea, Durban - framed beadwork at the top of the staircase

 

Notes on the back of the photograph:

"K.C.A.L, Oct. 65.

Top of staircase.  East wall"

 

 

Campbell family papers (KCM 19/3) ;

Box 1 (KCM 19/3/1) ;

Item: KCM 19/3/1/5

 

Ndebele beadwork

Ndebele beadwork. Emarentia, 11.10.1962

Outfit for Amajongosi (Junior girls) for dancing from KwaMatakana (Hela-Hela)

Outfit for Amajongosi (junior girl) for dancing from KwaMatakana (Hela-Hela)

Pedi girl. Maria at Steelpoort.

Pedi girl. Maria at Steelpoort, 9.2.1960

Proposal for Princess Mkabayi Beadwork Society

Junod, (1938: 36) remarks that" .... in spite of all the positive elements to be found in the Bantu languages, a very definite defect in the Bantu [as is proven], is their poor system of numeration"

Traditional girls and young children

 

Label on photograph: Natal ± 1918

Caption for photograph: Care Free yet

Tribal Life: a group of young Zulu girls and children, seated in a forested area

 

Label on photograph: “Zulu Youth” (MS BRUECKNER G12) ;

Tribal Life: a recently married Zulu woman (Umakoti) in traditional attire, wearing a cowskin skirt and beads, and carrying a small shield

 

Label on photograph: “Umakoti – a recently married Zulu wife.” (MS BRUECKNER G1) ;

Description: A recently married Zulu woman (Umakoti) in traditional attire, wearing a cowskin skirt and beads, and carrying a small shield

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

Tribal Life: a woman in traditional attire, wearing beaded arm bands and necklaces, kneeling on the ground making a sleeping mat

 

Label on photograph: “Making up a bed mat” (MS BRUECKNER G11) ;

Description: A woman in traditional attire, wearing beaded arm bands and necklaces, kneeling on the ground making a sleeping mat ;

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Tribal Life: portrait of a married woman wearing beaded headbands and beaded necklaces, and her hair clipped up

 

Label on photograph: “Married woman with hair done up  ‘A perm good for 6 months’ ”(MS BRUECKNER G17) ;

Description: Portrait of a married woman wearing beaded headbands and beaded necklaces, and her hair clipped up.

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

Tribal Life: portrait of a young woman wearing beaded necklaces, and beads and reeds in her hair

 

Label on photograph: “Young Girl with beads & reeds in hair” (MS BRUECKNER G18) ;

Description: Portrait of a young woman wearing beaded necklaces, and beads and reeds in her hair.

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Tribal Life: portrait of a young woman, with scarification markings, wearing traditional attire, beaded necklaces, and rings braided into her hair over her forehead

 

Label on photograph: “ ‘Ball Gown’ ready for a wedding dance (MS BRUECKNER G8)” ;

Tribal Life: portrait of a young Zulu woman, wearing a beaded necklace and a flower earring

 

Label on photograph: “Zulu Girl, very young (MS BRUECKNER G7)” ;

Description: A portrait of a young Zulu woman, wearing a beaded necklace and a flower earring

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Tribal Life: Two young women in traditional attire, seated, wearing beaded head bands and necklaces, and holding clay pots

 

Label on photograph: “Girls with clay pots” (MS BRUECKNER G2) ;

Description: Two young women in traditional attire, seated, wearing beaded head bands and necklaces, and holding clay pots ;

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Tribal Life: two young women, with braided short hair, and wearing beaded necklaces, headbands and anklets, holding calabashes for collecting water

 

Label on photograph: “Water carriers. Natal, S. Africa.” (MS BRUECKNER G14, File 4) ;

Description: Two young women, with braided short hair, and wearing beaded necklaces, beaded headbands and anklets, holding calabashes for collecting water.

Tribal Life: young woman in traditional attire, wearing braided necklaces, a headband and her hair scraped up, and a cloth loosely tied to her upper arm

 

Unlabelled photograph ;

Description: Young woman in traditional attire, wearing braided necklaces, a headband and her hair scraped up, and a cloth loosely tied to her upper arm

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Two women in traditional dress

 

General caption on page: Difference in Hair Dress.  Married women have the Inkehle

Description: Early twentieth-century.  One of the women is wearing the traditional hairstyle of a married woman.

 

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2)

Two women in traditional dress standing outside a corrugated-iron building

 

Description: Early twentieth-century.

 

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2)

File 6 (KCM 91/2/6)

Sheet 31

 

 

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