Ndebele
Married Woman’s Apron (Amaphotho)
Ndebele, 1929-1948
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Ndebele
Married Woman’s Apron (Amaphotho)
Ndebele, 1929-1948
Physical Qualities
Goatskin, beads, metal rings, 20 3/16 × 19 7/8 in. (51.3 × 50.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Art Acquisition Fund, in Honor of Frederick Lamp, Curator, Arts of Africa, Asia, The Americas, and Oceania, 1981-2003
Object Number
2004.176
Apron with ornate beading above the white beaded tassels; all tassels end with white beads, except for three which end in light blue, dark blue, or pink beads. Light blue and white beads edge the bottoms of the apron flaps. The main motif features a square with "T" shapes.
The beads are blue, pink, green, orange, red, and yellow on white ground; there are also transparent gold beads and metal rings.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2004; Marie-Claude and Eric McKie, Baltimore, by purchase in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1979
