Studies in Bantu peoples' bead-language : a special colour convention from Msinga District (Natal, South Africa) / Wolfgang Wickler and Uta Seibt

Object Details

Author

Wickler, Wolfgang

Seibt, Uta 1939-

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI

Illustrations, tables.

An analysis of fourteen articles of Zulu beadwork from the Msinga area in Natal revealed a particular color convention or juxtaposition of colored beads. Having no writing by which messages could be recorded, the Zulu developed a form of symbolism in their beadwork, in the choice of colors as well as in color combinations, which encodes messages.

Summary, page 327.

1989

Call number

GN1 .B142

Type

Books

Place

South Africa

Msinga District

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Beadwork, Zulu

Beadwork

Zulu symbolic color

Record ID

siris_sil_703606

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