BEADS:RITUAL AND ORNAMENTAL

We then rounded off the show chatting to Sarah Wurz who is the curator of the Beads: Ritual and Ornamental exhibition happening at the Iziko Museum.

This exhibition illustrates the use of beads as grave goods, ritual gifts and personal adornments as well as the role of beads in expressing social and cultural identity. Featuring prehistoric and ethnographic beads from southern Africa, the displays include shell beads from Blombos Cave dating back 77 000 years, and also artefacts such as bone tools for piercing beads, tortoise-shell cosmetic containers, necklets, neck ornaments and more.

Venue:Foyer outside TH Barry Lecture Theatre

Iziko SA Museum

Contact details:

Sarah (021) 481 3888 or

(021) 481 3800