Context (Field collection)
This headband was purchased on 27 April 2000 from The BAT Centre, 45 Maritime Place, Small Craft Harbour, Durban. The BAT Centre business card states: 'Specialists in contemporary Zulu art and craft. Retail and wholesale'.

This object was collected by Julia Tanner while undertaking fieldwork in South Africa from March-May 2000. The fieldwork was financed by MAA's Crowther-Beynon Fund, in order to research and update MAA's South African collections.
Event Date 27/04/2000
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Black and gold beadwork items, especially jewellery, have been produced in response to western tastes and market demand. Necklaces and bracelets are particularly popular and are often quite elaborate in design.
Event Date 2001
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
A headband decorated on the upper surface with gold and black beadwork. A black bead background is decorated with eight sections of gold beadwork patterning. The inner surface is lined with black satin-like material.
Event Date 5/5/2012
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A headband, made by Thembisili Shozi, decorated on the upper surface with gold and black beadwork, that has been stitched onto the headband with clear plastic thread. A black bead background is decorated with eight sections of gold beadwork in geometric patterning. The inner surface is lined with black satin-like material.
Event Date 12/1/2023
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff