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Married Woman’s Blanket Cape (ngurara)

Ndebele, 1930-1949

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Ndebele

Married Woman’s Blanket Cape (ngurara)

Ndebele, 1930-1949

Physical Qualities Wool, colored opaque glass beads, colored translucent glass beads, cotton, thread, 71 1/4 × 59 7/16 in. (181 × 151 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1990.197
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