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Fragment of a Veil (Isiyaya)

Ndebele, 1933-1999

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Ndebele

Fragment of a Veil (Isiyaya)

Ndebele

Fragment of a Veil (Isiyaya)

Ndebele, 1933-1999

Physical Qualities Goatskin, glass beads, reed, cotton thread, 7 11/16 × 10 7/16 in. (19.5 × 26.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1991.369.2
Strands of white beads with single red bead on end of each strand, attached to strip of leather. Strands are shorter on one side than the other. 4 strip of woven beads cross at top and attach to leather strip.
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980's.
Adorned: African Women & the Art of Identity

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2000–2000

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