Zulu
Waistband (Umutsha)
Zulu, 1967-1990
Scroll
Zulu
Waistband (Umutsha)
Zulu, 1967-1990
Physical Qualities
Reed, glass beads (white, royal blue, green, black, rose), red plastic beads, metal, cord, twine, (with ties extended): 40 9/16 × 2 7/8 × 15/16 in. (103 × 7.3 × 2.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Aaron and Joanie Young, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.132
Reed backing. Front design of white beads and central nested triangle in colors listed. Black cords with red plastic beads on ends, on both ends of belt. Metal tack on one end of belt. Ends are semi-circle of exposed reed outlined in white beads.
Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture
Levinsohn, Rhoda and Barbara LaVine, ed., Art and craft of Southern Africa: treasures in transition, Craighall: Delta Books, 1984, pp. 82-111.
