Ndebele
Bridal Train in the Form of a Serpent (nyoga)
Ndebele, 1933-1999
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Ndebele
Bridal Train in the Form of a Serpent (nyoga)
Ndebele, 1933-1999
Physical Qualities
Glass beads (white, royal blue, black, orange, maroon, green, lime green, turquoise; translucent yellow, green, red, orange), one turquoise plastic bead, cotton thread, 63 3/4 × 3 15/16 in. (162 × 10 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.372
Strap is 4 strands of beads, with white beads alternating with black, color, black beads. Where strap connects to train there is a royal blue edge. Train has white ground with 3 designs. 1) Yellow diamond flanked top and bottom by green and blue band. Each band has yellow triangle on each end. 2) 3 orange strips flanked top and bottom by blue and green band, green band has 2 red and 1 blue triangle on it. 3) Central blue strip flanked on sides by sideways 'V's. All designs are outlined in black. End of train has woven white beads with orange, green and blue beads on ends.
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980's.
