- Additional Authors
- Found In
- nnrc (CstRLIN)NYPG085000078-F
- Description
- 1 neck collar.
- 2 legbands or armlets.
- 3 belts.
- 1 buttock girdle.
- 1 hair piece.
- Summary
- A collection of beadwork made by the Tembu of South Africa. The collection consists of an assortment of symbolic beadwork items worn by both male and female children, teenagers, brides or young woman, and middle-age and older adults. Collected in 1939, the collection is comprised of beaded belts, armlets, headbands, hair necklaces, collars and throatbands.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subject
- Access (note)
- Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.
- Cite As (note)
- From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundation, Arts & Artifacts Division.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loans and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.
- Provenance (note)
- This small collection of beadwork from South Africa was given to Charles and Lola Szladits by art historian and collector Leo C. Collins. Mrs. Szladits surmises that the collection was formed as early as by 1939. Mr. Collins gave the collection to the Szladits to be donated to an appropriate institution. The collection was donated to the Schomburg Center in 1975.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the African Art and Artifacts Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Art (Szladits collection] [realia)
- OCLC
- NYPG085000081-F
- Author
Collins, Leo C. Collector
- Title
[Szladits collection] [realia].
- Imprint
1920?-1939?
- Access
Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.
- Cite As:
From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundation, Arts & Artifacts Division.
- Terms Of Use
Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loans and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the African Art and Artifacts Collection.
- Provenance
This small collection of beadwork from South Africa was given to Charles and Lola Szladits by art historian and collector Leo C. Collins. Mrs. Szladits surmises that the collection was formed as early as by 1939. Mr. Collins gave the collection to the Szladits to be donated to an appropriate institution. The collection was donated to the Schomburg Center in 1975.
- Added Author
Szladits, Lola L., 1923-1990.
Szladits, Charles, 1911-1986.
- Found In:
nnrc (CstRLIN)NYPG085000078-F
- Research Call Number
Sc Art (Szladits collection] [realia)