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Ndebele

Pendants for a Married Woman’s Headband (Milingakobe)

Ndebele, 1900-1999

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Ndebele

Pendants for a Married Woman’s Headband (Milingakobe)

Ndebele, 1900-1999

Physical Qualities Colored glass beads, thread, Left pendant: 50 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (128.9 x 4.8 cm.) Right pendant: 51 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (130.8 x 4.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Katharine and Clinton Bamberger, Baltimore
Object Number 2013.321
Beaded headband with side pendants
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Katherine and Clinton Bamberger, Baltimore, MD
Adorned: African Women & the Art of Identity

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