- Title
- Ipasi-lentloko
- Subject
- Ipasi-lentloko head-band used by young man of AmaGcaleka
- Subject
- Head-band
- Date Issued
- 1966-07-07
- Date
- 1966-07-07
- Date
- 2024-10-22
- Type
- Personal adornment
- Type
- personal adornment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/11599
- Identifier
- vital:75988
- Description
- A headband is a flat white bead striped in red and adorned with a tree design, typically worn by young men. It holds great cultural significance, symbolising important life milestones or rites of passage. This ornament is traditionally donned after completing an initiation ritual, representing themes of life, purity, and renewal in various cultures.
- Description
- Purchased from Mrs Joan Broster
- Description
- Forms part of: Walter Sisulu University Beadwork Collection
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Format
- 1 digital, JPG file, color
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Beadwork Beads and pearl buttons Original is in good condition Walter Sisulu University
- Rights
- For research purposes only. Physical item available on request
- Rights
- Walter Sisulu University
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