1.3.02026-06-05armband, mpande [tonga], ndolo [tonga]Rådata1294553objektStatens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museetSMVK-EMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/12945531912.06.0559Enligt generalkatalogen: Armband med glaspärlor och triangelformig benskiva."From the general consensus, the object above is generally called Mpande, the name derived from the principal material the sea shell that is locally called Mpande. This particular form of Mpande which is determined by the shape is called Ndolo in Siabaswi, Sinazongwe district and Mbanyina in Madyongo of Zimba district (There are also basket patterns influenced by this shape that are also called Mbanyina). The object was not locally made. It was worn as a necklace as a symbol of prestige. Beads were added to add beauty to the necklace. The object is no longer in use, but some chiefs and some older people have as family inheritance." (WHMZ 2021:13) "Materials used to make the object: Fiber, sea shells locally called Mpande and shaped in this form which is called Ndolo , decorated with big colored beads called Man’gon’go and small beads called simbilu. The Mpande shell as the principle material was a symbol of prestige and the Man’gon’go and Simbilu added beauty to the necklace." (Siabaswi village, WHMZ 2021:12) The above information is based on workshops carried out in October 2020 in four villages in three districts in the Gwembe Valley of Zambia's Southern Province. The workshops were led by cultural historian and curator Victoria Chitungu Phiri representing the Women's History Museum Zambia (WHMZ) and Choma Museum, supported by a team from Choma Museum, Zambia. The workshops were part of the collaborative project Empowering women's histories: Sharing Digital Heritage between Zambia and Sweden (2020-2022) and involved 48 participants of different ages from the villages of Chisumba/Munyumbwe (Gwembe District), Siabaswi/Chief Mweemba, Siansalama (Sinazongwe District), and Madyongo (Zimba District). (Note: the remark that the object is made of shell is due to limited information available to the Zambian workshop participants, who based their evaluation on a drawing. However, this may indicate that these types of objects were commonly made from sea shell, like the two disc-shaped ornaments in the same collection: one is made of shell (1912.06.0560) and the other of bone (1912.06.0561). Michael Barrett 2023-04-19) , "Baushi men also use jewelry. Arm, leg and finger rings of all kinds, used by women, also occur on men, although much more sparingly. Fig. 271 shows a bracelet with a threaded triangular disc of porcupine or ivory; those carved from the latter material are worn only by chiefs. These triangular bone discs are pierced so that they can be strung on a string; I have seen both necklaces and bracelets with such ornaments." (p. 358, von Rosen, 1916, translated from swedish), According to the general catalogue: Bracelet with glass beads and triangular bone plate., Rhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställning, Rosen, Eric von (1916). Träskfolket: svenska Rhodesia-Kongo-expeditionens etnografiska forskningsresultat. Stockholm: Bonnier, Nordrhodesia, Rhodesia, Zambia, Bangveolo, Samlingsbesök. 2022-11-08. Victoria Phiri, Svenska Rhodesia-Kongo-expeditionen (1911-1912)InsamladRosen, Eric vonBrukadUshiUrsprungAfrika, Zambia, BangweulusjönUtställdKonstakademien, StockholmRhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställningimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/25047326/1912.06.0559_alt01ts.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/25047325/1912.06.0559_alt01ts.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#bySandin, TonyStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/25047338/1912.06.0559_alt02ts.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/25047337/1912.06.0559_alt02ts.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#bySandin, TonyStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1068961http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/25050167http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/exhibition/1434234https://kulturnav.org/3d8a20bd-2a0a-43b7-bbc4-74dc2377ac59http://libris.kb.se/bib/1657844http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1181582http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/html/1294553http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1294553http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1294553