Beaded Wooden Box / Artist Unknown Northern and Southern Nguni, South Africa

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Accession Number: 2014/2.63
Title: Beaded Wooden Box
Artist: Artist Unknown Northern and Southern Nguni, South Africa
Artist Nationality: South Africa
Medium and Support: wood, plastic beads, string
Object Creation Date: 19th century - 20th century
Credit Line: Gift of the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communications in memory of Warren M. Robbins
Dimensions: 5.72 x 3.81 x 1.91 cm (2 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 3/4 in.)
Physical Description: Beaded wooden box, sides open, inner compartment. Two longer edges with white beaded trim. Two largest faces with beaded detail, one face with white beads and "MITE" details in red and blue. Other face with white, red and blue stripes. Beaded handles.
Primary Keywords: jewelry by form; jewelry making; jewelry, costume; ornament
Secondary Keywords: costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; jewelry; jewelry by quality; object genres; object genres by function; object-making processes and techniques; objects we use; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 5184 x 3456
File Size: 267 KB
Record: 2014/2.63
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.63/2014_2.63a.jpg

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Full citation: "Beaded Wooden Box; Artist Unknown Northern and Southern Nguni, South Africa." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.63/2014_2.63a.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.