WORLD CULTURES : AFRICA

Object Name: Dish
Description: This dish comes from the kingdom of Lobengula Khumalo (1845-1894), of the Northern Ndebele people. It is associated with what was known in Britain as the ‘First Matebele War’ of 1893, which resulted in the end of Lobengula’s kingdom. During this conflict the dish was taken by Trooper T.R. Pelan, a soldier from Lisburn, County Antrim, who later joined Royston's Horse during the Zulu Rebellion in 1906. It was donated to the Museum by Pelan’s widow in 1917.
Materials: wood
Place Collected
Date Collected: 1893
1893
Catalogue Number: BELUM.C18.1917
Copyright: National Museums NI

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