Ndebele
Figure (Umndwana)
Ndebele, 1933
Scroll
Ndebele
Figure (Umndwana)
Ndebele, 1933
Physical Qualities
Glass beads, grass, cloth, cotton thread, plastic, 10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (26.5 × 20 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Natalie Fitz-Gerald, New York
Object Number
1991.348
Female figure with pink face with black and white features, white crest, black hair; conical body has 3 neck hoops, 2 body hoops with space between covered with white and orange woven beads and a strip of beads sewn around torso. Pink arms each have 4 hoops and green 'digits'.
Frederick J. Lamp, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Ndebele Beadwork: High Culture on the Run, Oct. 2, 1990 - Jan. 13, 1991.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.50, ill.
