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Ndebele

Married Woman’s Ceremonial Apron (tshogholo)

Ndebele, 1933

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Ndebele

Married Woman’s Ceremonial Apron (tshogholo)

Ndebele, 1933

Physical Qualities Goatskin, glass beads, cotton thread, 28 3/4 × 21 5/8 in. (73 × 55 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1991.365
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980s.
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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