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Bridal Train in the Form of a Serpent (Nyoga)

Ndebele, 1979-1988

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Ndebele

Bridal Train in the Form of a Serpent (Nyoga)

Ndebele, 1979-1988

Physical Qualities White and black opaque glass beads, red and green translucent glass beads, string, 49 × 3 1/2 in. (124.5 × 8.9 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1990.199
central design of two bars and diamond shape
Mountain, Alan, "Ndebele: Artist Nation," Capetown: Struik Publishers, c1995, pp 26-27.

Culture

Ndebele

2000–2000

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