Ndebele
Breastplate
Ndebele, 1933-1999
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Ndebele
Breastplate
Ndebele, 1933-1999
Physical Qualities
Glass beads (white, royal blue, orange, and black; translucent green, yellow, clear, and light blue), cotton thread, goatskin, 22 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (57.8 × 11.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.380
White ground with 3 triangles, 2 meeting at one angle of base with apex of third. One set is royal blue, one orange and black, the third green with yellow rectangles and clear triangle. Cut out rectangles outlined in royal blue. Black and green rectangle above orange and black triangles. Hide strip sewn on 2 ends.
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980's.
