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Ndebele

Breastplate

Ndebele, mid-late 20th century

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Ndebele

Breastplate

Ndebele, mid-late 20th century

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
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980's.

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