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Ndebele

Figure (Umndwana)

Ndebele, 1933

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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
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.

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