Once a year young Zulu or African ladies attend the Zulu reed dance that is held at Ulundi or kwaNongoma. Before this function or this gathering the ladies have to go to a virginity test and if you’re no longer a virgin, you do not take part. The ladies have to carry long reeds and hand them to the king, King Goodwill Zwelithini. It is said that if your reed breaks before you hand it over, you lied about going throw the virginity test and passing it. I made this neck piece because it is one of the items that ladies wear at the reed dance and I would like to make the whole out fit. I made it this long so that it can go past the breast and hide a bit of the flesh.
