id:			168479
accession number:	2010.231
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.231
updated:		2023-04-22 12:24:40.582000

Necklace (amazipho), 1800s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Northern Nguni (Zulu)-style maker. Glass beads, bone, and sinew; overall: 38.1 cm (15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dori and Daniel Rootenberg in memory of Estelle Rosenberg 2010.231

title:				Necklace (amazipho)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1900
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creditline:			Gift of Dori and Daniel Rootenberg in memory of Estelle Rosenberg
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culture:	Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Northern Nguni (Zulu)-style maker
technique:	Glass beads, bone, and sinew
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 38.1 cm (15 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa
	opening date:   2011-04-17T00:00:00
	<i>The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 17, 2011-February 26, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life:  Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 67

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PROVENANCE

	Nelly Van den Abbeele, Brussels; Christie's, Paris, 2003; Axis Gallery, New York, 2003 to 2005
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fun fact:
Large red glass beads like the ones in this necklace were reserved for the Nguni elite.

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wall description:
When wild game was still plentiful in the region, real animal claws would have been used to punctuate beaded prestige necklaces. Lion-claw necklaces were the exclusive property of royalty while the bone imitations were owned and worn by high-ranking individuals of lesser status. Large red glass beads were also reserved for the Nguni elite in the period before the destruction of the Zulu kingdom in 1879.
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