Ndebele
Fragment of a Veil (Isiyaya)
Ndebele, 1933
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Ndebele
Fragment of a Veil (Isiyaya)
Ndebele, 1933
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.
Frederick J. Lamp, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Ndebele Beadwork: High Culture on the Run," Oct. 2, 1990 - Jan. 13, 1991.
